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 …

Mitochondrial ROS promotes susceptibility to infection via gasdermin D-mediated necroptosis

CG Weindel, EL Martinez, X Zhao, CJ Mabry, SL Bell… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although mutations in mitochondrial-associated genes are linked to inflammation and
susceptibility to infection, their mechanistic contributions to immune outcomes remain ill …

Immunometabolic regulation during the presence of microorganisms and parasitoids in insects

S Li, J Wang, X Tian, S Toufeeq, W Huang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Multicellular organisms live in environments containing diverse nutrients and a wide variety
of microbial communities. On the one hand, the immune response of organisms can protect …

Aging Fly Cell Atlas identifies exhaustive aging features at cellular resolution

TC Lu, M Brbić, YJ Park, T Jackson, J Chen, SS Kolluru… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Aging is characterized by a decline in tissue function, but the underlying changes at cellular
resolution across the organism remain unclear. Here, we present the Aging Fly Cell Atlas, a …

Macrophage‐derived insulin antagonist ImpL2 induces lipoprotein mobilization upon bacterial infection

G Krejčová, C Morgantini, H Zemanová… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The immune response is an energy‐demanding process that must be coordinated with
systemic metabolic changes redirecting nutrients from stores to the immune system …

Renal NF-κB activation impairs uric acid homeostasis to promote tumor-associated mortality independent of wasting

Y Chen, W Xu, Y Chen, A Han, J Song, X Zhou… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Tumor-induced host wasting and mortality are general phenomena across species. Many
groups have previously demonstrated endocrinal impacts of malignant tumors on host …

The sex of organ geometry

L Blackie, P Gaspar, S Mosleh, O Lushchak, L Kong… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Organs have a distinctive yet often overlooked spatial arrangement in the body,,,–. We
propose that there is a logic to the shape of an organ and its proximity to its neighbours …

Interactions between innate immunity and insulin signaling affect resistance to infection in insects

AM Darby, BP Lazzaro - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
An active immune response is energetically demanding and requires reallocation of
nutrients to support resistance to and tolerance of infection. Insulin signaling is a critical …

From perplexing to predictive: are we ready to forecast insect disease susceptibility in a warming world?

LV Ferguson, SA Adamo - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Insects are critical to our ecosystems, but we do not fully understand their future in our
warming world. Rising temperatures are affecting insect physiology in myriad ways …

L-glutamate requires β-catenin signalling through Frizzled7 to stimulate porcine intestinal stem cell expansion

Y Qin, J Zhou, M Zhu, G Zan, C Gao, H Yan, X Li… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) decode and coordinate various types of nutritional information
from the diet to support the crypt–villus axis architecture, but how specific dietary molecules …