A Cytokine in the Drosophila Stress Response

• Published in: Developmental Cell Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 360 - 361
• Main Authors: Hultmark, Dan, Ekengren, Sophia
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2003
• Subjects: Animals; Cytokines - physiology; Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila melanogaster - physiology; Gene Expression Regulation; Heat-Shock Proteins - physiology; Heat-Shock Response - physiology; Immunity, Innate - physiology; Signal Transduction - genetics; Signal Transduction - physiology; Signal Transduction/genetics/physiology; Stress, Physiological - metabolism; Stress/metabolism; Immunity; Natural/physiology

The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has become a popular tool for studying immediate reactions to environmental hazards, such as the heat shock and innate immune responses. In mammals, protective responses to infections and other insults are coordinated by a complex network of cytokines that med...