In this FlyBook chapter, we present a survey of the current literature on the development of
the hematopoietic system in Drosophila. The Drosophila blood system consists entirely of …

To combat infection, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster relies on multiple innate defense
reactions, many of which are shared with higher organisms. These reactions include the use …

The innate immune system of insects is divided into humoral defenses that include the
production of soluble effector molecules and cellular defenses like phagocytosis and …

Background The diversification of immune systems during evolution involves the expansion
of particular gene families in given phyla. A better understanding of the metazoan immune …

The study of infection and immunity in insects has achieved considerable prominence with
the appreciation that their host defense mechanisms share many fundamental …

Polymorphisms in immunity genes can have large effects on susceptibility to infection. To
understand the origins of this variation, we have investigated the genetic basis of resistance …

In Drosophila melanogaster larvae, three classes of circulating cellular immune surveillance
cells (hemocytes) can be identified: plasmatocytes, crystal cells, and lamellocytes …

The Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signalling
pathway controls multiple biological processes in metazoan development and tissue …

Drosophila melanogaster has been extensively used to study the humoral arm of innate
immunity because of the developmental and functional parallels with mammalian innate …

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REVIEW Encapsulation and nodulation in insects Dubovskiy IM1, Kryukova NA1, Glupov VV1 …