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Protection of Insects against Viral Infection by Apoptosis-Dependent Phagocytosis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Dec 2015
Nainu Firzan, Tanaka Yumiko, Shiratsuchi Akiko, Nakanishi Yoshinobu
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We investigated whether phagocytosis participates in the protection of insects from viral infection using the natural host-virus interaction between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila C virus (DCV). Drosophila S2 cells were induced to undergo apoptotic cell death upon DCV infection. However, UV-inactivated virus was unable to cause apoptosis, indicating the need for productive infection for apoptosis...
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