title: Intracellular immune responses of dipteran insects.
abstract: Vector-borne diseases, transmitted by bloodsucking arthropods, pose worldwide socio-medical and economical problems. Some of the major human infectious diseases, such as malaria, Dengue fever, and yellow fever, are transmitted by mosquitoes. While the majority of pathogens enjoy extracellular life styles in insects, viruses and some endosymbionts are strictly intracellular. Here, we summarize our knowledge on defense reactions against intracellular microorganisms in dipteran insects and discuss the potential of insects as models to study human pathogens.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UPR9022, INSERM U963, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steinert
authors.forename: Elena A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Levashina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D007113:Immunity, Innate