REPRESSING IMMUNITY. “Accommodation of symbionts may require that hosts suppress or modify immune responses, potentially elevating risk of pathogen invasion. In aphids, many genes underlying responses to Gram-negative bacteria have been eliminated, including the immune deficiency signaling pathway (IMD), peptidoglycan receptor proteins, and antimicrobial peptides.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022