Topics Covered
- The insect host defense is a multifaceted process
- Systemic anti-microbial response in Drosophila
- NF-kB: a central transactivator in immune responses
- Gene cascade
- The Toll pathway
- Imd pathway mutants are sensitive to bacterial infections
- Toll pathway mutants are sensitive to fungal infections
- TLR family members and their ligands
- The semmelweis (seml) mutation compromises the anti-gram-positive defense
- Structural aspects of PGRPs
- NF-kB activation by Toll and IMD in Drosophila
- Investigating the response of Drosophila to virus infection
- Response to RNA virus infections
- Keeping parasite numbers low: role of the mosquito immune system
- Losses and amplification of Plasmodium in A. gambiae
- Cactus
- ThioEster-containing Protein 1 (TEP1)
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Talk Citation
Hoffmann, J. (2009, May 31). The anti-microbial defense of Drosophila: a paradigm for innate immunity [Video file]. In
The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved September 26, 2023, from
https://hstalks.com/bs/1279/.
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Published on May 31, 2009
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Jules Hoffmann has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.