Drosophila Innate Immunity Involves Multiple Signaling Pathways and Coordinated Communication Between Different Tissues

S Yu, F Luo, Y Xu, Y Zhang, LH Jin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The innate immune response provides the first line of defense against invading pathogens,
and immune disorders cause a variety of diseases. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster …

Regulation of body size and growth control

MJ Texada, T Koyama, K Rewitz - Genetics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The control of body and organ growth is essential for the development of adults with proper
size and proportions, which is important for survival and reproduction. In animals, adult body …

Tumour–host interactions through the lens of Drosophila

D Bilder, K Ong, TC Hsi, K Adiga, J Kim - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
There is a large gap between the deep understanding of mechanisms driving tumour growth
and the reasons why patients ultimately die of cancer. It is now appreciated that interactions …

Inter-cell type interactions that control JNK signaling in the Drosophila intestine

P Zhang, SM Pronovost, M Marchetti, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
JNK signaling is a critical regulator of inflammation and regeneration, but how it is controlled
in specific tissue contexts remains unclear. Here we show that, in the Drosophila intestine …

Serial single-cell genomics reveals convergent subclonal evolution of resistance as patients with early-stage breast cancer progress on endocrine plus CDK4/6 …

JI Griffiths, J Chen, PA Cosgrove, A O'Dea, P Sharma… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Combining cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors with endocrine therapy improves
outcomes for patients with metastatic estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer but its value …

JNK pathway in CNS pathologies

T de los Reyes Corrales, M Losada-Pérez… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signalling pathway is a conserved response to a wide
range of internal and external cellular stress signals. Beside the stress response, the JNK …

JNK signaling in Drosophila immunity and homeostasis

G Tafesh-Edwards, I Eleftherianos - Immunology Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
As members of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family, the c-Jun N-terminal
kinases (JNKs) regulate cell responses to a wide range of extrinsic and intrinsic insults …

Mutual repression between JNK/AP-1 and JAK/STAT stratifies senescent and proliferative cell behaviors during tissue regeneration

J Jaiswal, J Egert, R Engesser, AA Peyrotón… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Epithelial repair relies on the activation of stress signaling pathways to coordinate tissue
repair. Their deregulation is implicated in chronic wound and cancer pathologies. Using TNF …

Injury-induced inflammatory signaling and hematopoiesis in Drosophila

CJ Evans, T Liu, JR Girard… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Inflammatory response in Drosophila to sterile (axenic) injury in embryos and adults has
received some attention in recent years, and most concentrate on the events at the injury …

Drosophila as a Model Organism to Study Basic Mechanisms of Longevity

AA Ogienko, ES Omelina, OV Bylino, MA Batin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The spatio-temporal regulation of gene expression determines the fate and function of
various cells and tissues and, as a consequence, the correct development and functioning of …