Humoral immunity in insects: Antimicrobial peptides and other host defense peptides

2025/04/06 by Mark Austin Hanson, Mark A. Hanson, Léna Hédelin +1 · 1 voice
Immunology and Microbiology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms #Insect and Pesticide Research #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

paper · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-95424-2.00002-9

Citations

• Insect Immunity. Purification and Properties of Three Inducible Bactericidal Proteins from Hemolymph of Immunized Pupae of <i>Hyalophora cecropia</i>

Discussions

• The mechanisms & regulation of insect #antimicrobialpeptides & #HDPs is of wide interest. We now appreciate their function in vivo is much more complex than what's described in vitro. Our primer on i [bsky, 27 points, 1 comments]