Activation of Immune Genes in Leafhoppers by Phytoplasmas and Symbiotic Bacteria.

ABSTRACT: Insect immunity is a crucial process in interactions between host and microorganisms and the presence of pathogenic, commensal, or beneficial bacteria may result in different immune responses. In Hemiptera vectors of phytoplasmas, infected insects are amenable to carrying high loads of phytopathogens, besides hosting other bacterial affiliates, which have evolved different strategies to be retained; adaptation to host response and immunomodulation are key aspects of insect-symbiont interactions. Most of the analyses published to date has investigated insect immune response to pathogens, whereas few studies have focused on the role of host immunity in microbiota homeostasis and vectorial capacity. Here the expression of immune genes in the leafhopper vector of phytoplasmas Euscelidius va

SUBMITTER: Gonella E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6598074 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature