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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages 1082-1088Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.07.010
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Innate immunity; Symbiosis; Infection
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In the past few years the knowledge of insect defense mechanisms against pathogenic microorganisms and parasites has significantly increased on both the molecular and the organismic level. These investigations have led to new concepts of immune protection also relevant for mammals with the identification of the Toll receptor family as an eminent example. This review provides a brief overview of insect strategies to on the one hand defeat bacterial pathogens while oil the other hand cooperating with symbiotic bacteria beneficial for the insects. (C) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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