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Autophagy genes protect against Salmonella typhimurium infection and mediate insulin signaling-regulated pathogen resistance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 25 Aug 2009
Jia Kailiang, Thomas Collin, Akbar Muhammad, Sun Qihua, Adams-Huet Beverley, Gilpin Christopher, Levine Beth
Abstract excerpt
A conserved insulin-like pathway modulates both aging and pathogen resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans. However, the specific innate effector functions that mediate this pathogen resistance are largely unknown. Autophagy, a lysosomal degradation pathway, plays a role in controlling intracellular bacterial pathogen infections in cultured cells, but less is known about its role at the organismal level. We examined...
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