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Innate immunity in Caenorhabditis elegans is regulated by neurons expressing NPR-1/GPCR.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 17 Oct 2008
Styer Katie L, Singh Varsha, Macosko Evan, Steele Sarah E, Bargmann Cornelia I, Aballay Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
A large body of evidence indicates that metazoan innate immunity is regulated by the nervous system, but the mechanisms involved in the process and the biological importance of such control remain unclear. We show that a neural circuit involving npr-1, which encodes a G protein-coupled receptor (...
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