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External induction of heat shock stimulates the immune response and longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans towards pathogen exposure.
Innate immunity - 1 Aug 2016
Prithika Udayakumar, Deepa Veerappan, Balamurugan Krishnaswamy
Abstract excerpt
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are highly chaperonic molecules that give immediate response during any stress, tissue damage or bacterial infections. In the present study, the role of HSPs upon bacterial encounter is studied by applying external heat induction to live Caenorhabditis elegans Heat shock was observed to increase the life span of wild type C. elegans upon pathogenic encounter, indicating a role of HSPs...
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