title: Plant Immune Responses: Aphids Strike Back.
abstract: To survive and complete their life cycle, herbivorous insects face the difficult challenge of coping with the arsenal of plant defences. A new study reports that aphids secrete evolutionarily conserved cytokines in their saliva to suppress host immune responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: philippe.reymond@unil.ch.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reymond
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Calandra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000235:genetics*; D060434:Herbivory; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D057865:Plant Immunity; D031307:Vicia faba / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors