ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2009
Strain-specific priming of resistance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.
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- Differential proteome profiling of bacterial culture supernatants reveals candidates for the induction of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle.Biology letters · 2023Article
- Anatomical study of the red flour beetle using synchrotron radiation X-ray phase-contrast micro-tomography.Journal of anatomy · 2023Review
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- Immune Stimulation via Wounding Alters Chemical Profiles of Adult Tribolium castaneum.Journal of chemical ecology · 2023Article
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- Trans-generational immune priming against American Foulbrood does not affect the performance of honeybee colonies.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
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Abstract
As invertebrates lack the molecular machinery employed by the vertebrate adaptive immune system, it was thought that they consequently lack the ability to produce lasting and specific immunity. However, in recent years, it has been demonstrated that the immune defence of invertebrates is by far more complicated and specific than previously envisioned. Lasting immunity following an initial exposure that proves protection on a secondary exposure has been shown in several species of invertebrates. This phenomenon has become known as immune priming. In the cases where it is explicitly tested, this priming can also be highly specific. In this study, we used survival assays to test for specific priming of resistance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, using bacteria of different degrees of relatedness. Our results suggest an unexpected degree of specificity that even allows for differentiation between different strains of the same bacterium. However, our findings also demonstrate that specific priming of resistance in insects may not be ubiquitous across all bacteria.
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