RRC ID 5644
著者 Markovic MP, Kylsten P, Dushay MS.
タイトル Drosophila lamin mutations cause melanotic mass formation and lamellocyte differentiation.
ジャーナル Mol Immunol
Abstract The fruit fly immune system is a valuable model for invertebrate and innate immunity. Cellular immune reactions in Drosophila are of great interest, especially the molecular genetic mechanisms of hemocyte differentiation and the encapsulation of foreign bodies. Here we report that changes in the lamin gene cause melanotic masses. These darkened clusters of cells result from autoimmune-like encapsulation of self-tissue, as shown by the presence in lam larvae of lamellocytes, effector hemocytes that appear in larvae following wounding or parasitization. Lamins thus affect immunity in Drosophila, and lam mutations can serve as genetic tools to dissect cellular immune signaling and effector pathways.
巻・号 46(16)
ページ 3245-50
公開日 2009-10-1
DOI 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.08.003
PII S0161-5890(09)00658-0
PMID 19716177
MeSH Animals Autoimmunity / genetics* Cell Differentiation / genetics* Cell Differentiation / immunology Drosophila Proteins / genetics* Drosophila Proteins / immunology Drosophila melanogaster Foreign-Body Reaction / genetics* Foreign-Body Reaction / immunology Hemocytes / immunology* Lamins / genetics* Lamins / immunology Mutation / immunology*
IF 3.641
引用数 3
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY
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