Innate and intrinsic antiviral immunity in Drosophila

A Mussabekova, L Daeffler, JL Imler - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2017 - Springer
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has been a valuable model to investigate the genetic
mechanisms of innate immunity. Initially focused on the resistance to bacteria and fungi …

Sensing microbial infections in the Drosophila melanogaster genetic model organism

S Liegeois, D Ferrandon - Immunogenetics, 2022 - Springer
Insects occupy a central position in the biosphere. They are able to resist infections even
though they lack an adaptive immune system. Drosophila melanogaster has been used as a …

Death following traumatic brain injury in Drosophila is associated with intestinal barrier dysfunction

RJ Katzenberger, S Chtarbanova, SA Rimkus… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Unfavorable
TBI outcomes result from primary mechanical injuries to the brain and ensuing secondary …

Eya3 partners with PP2A to induce c-Myc stabilization and tumor progression

L Zhang, H Zhou, X Li, RL Vartuli, M Rowse… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Eya genes encode a unique family of multifunctional proteins that serve as transcriptional co-
activators and as haloacid dehalogenase-family Tyr phosphatases. Intriguingly, the N …

EYA4 is inactivated biallelically at a high frequency in sporadic lung cancer and is associated with familial lung cancer risk

IM Wilson, EA Vucic, KSS Enfield, KL Thu, YA Zhang… - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
In an effort to identify novel biallelically inactivated tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) in
sporadic invasive and preinvasive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) genomes, we …

EYA4 Acts as a New Tumor Suppressor Gene in Colorectal Cancer

SJ Kim, CH Tae, SN Hong, BH Min… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A previous genome‐wide methylation array for colorectal cancer (CRC) identified aberrant
promoter methylation of eyes absent 4 (EYA4). However, the correlations between EYA4 …

Sterile Inflammation in Drosophila

Z Shaukat, D Liu, S Gregory - Mediators of inflammation, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The study of immune responses in Drosophila has already yielded significant results with
impacts on our understanding of vertebrate immunity, such as the characterization of the Toll …

Suppression of intestinal dysfunction in a Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease is neuroprotective

G Fedele, SHY Loh, I Celardo, NS Leal, S Lehmann… - Nature Aging, 2022 - nature.com
The innate immune response mounts a defense against foreign invaders and declines with
age. An inappropriate induction of this response can cause diseases. Previous studies …

Eya3 promotes breast tumor–associated immune suppression via threonine phosphatase–mediated PD-L1 upregulation

RL Vartuli, H Zhou, L Zhang, RK Powers… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Eya proteins are critical developmental regulators that are highly expressed in
embryogenesis but downregulated after development. Amplification and/or re-expression of …

The Eya phosphatase: Its unique role in cancer

H Zhou, L Zhang, RL Vartuli, HL Ford, R Zhao - The international journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Eya proteins were originally identified as essential transcriptional co-activators of the
Six family of homeoproteins. Subsequently, the highly conserved C-terminal domains of the …