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TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 10, Pages 495-502Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2014.07.008
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Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling; Cnidaria; innate immunity; antimicrobial peptides; orphan genes; commensal microbiota
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
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The ability of multicellular organisms to detect and respond to microorganisms is fundamental and has ancient evolutionary origins. In this review, I evaluate our current understanding of the evolution of epithelial-based innate immunity in Hydra, an apparently simple animal that shares deep evolutionary connections with all animals, including humans. I highlight growing evidence that the innate immune system with its host-specific antimicrobial peptides and rich repertoire of pattern recognition receptors has evolved in response to the need for controlling resident beneficial microbes rather than to defend against invasive pathogens. These findings provide new insight into how developmental pathways beyond those associated with the immune system, such as stem cell transcriptional programs, interact with environmental cues such as microbes.
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