attacin antibacterial protein, insect

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are crucial effectors of the innate immune system. They provide the first line of defense against a… Expand

Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) vector pathogenic African trypanosomes, which cause sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in… Expand

Tsetse flies transmit the protozoan parasite African trypanosomes, the agents of human sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa… Expand

The Imd signaling cascade, similar to the mammalian TNF-receptor pathway, controls antimicrobial peptide expression in Drosophila… Expand

Fat body and hemocytes play a central role in cellular and humoral responses for systemic infections in invertebrates, similar to… Expand

Several dipteran insects are vectors of parasites causing major human infectious diseases. Among these, the tsetse fly, Glossina… Expand

Lepidoptera have been reported to produce several antibacterial peptides in response to septic injury. However, in marked… Expand

Attacin is a 20 kDa antibacterial protein, originally isolated from the immune haemolymph of Hyalophora cecropia. It has been… Expand

Mammals and insects employ similar Rel/NF-kappaB signaling cascades in their humoral immune responses. The mammalian interleukin… Expand

Six closely related antibacterial proteins, attacins A-F, were isolated from the hemolymph of immunized pupae of the Cecropia… Expand