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ReviewDevelopmental and comparative immunology2014

Conventional and non-conventional Drosophila Toll signaling.

Scott A Lindsay, Steven A Wasserman

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Review in Developmental and comparative immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers.

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91citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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91 citing papers in PubMed, 166 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Scott A LindsaySection of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0349, USA.
Steven A Wasserman
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Structure and Function of Drosophila NF-kappaB Signaling PathwaysR01GM050545 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS · PI WASSERMAN, STEVEN ALEXANDER · 1994 to 2018
$4.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM050545NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM05054516
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of Toll in Drosophila and of the remarkable conservation in pathway composition and organization catalyzed a transformation in our understanding of innate immune recognition and response. At the center of that picture is a cascade of interactions in which specific microbial cues activate Toll receptors, which then transmit signals driving transcription factor nuclear localization and activity. Experiments gave substance to the vision of pattern recognition receptors, linked phenomena in development, gene regulation, and immunity into a coherent whole, and revealed a rich set of variations for identifying non-self and responding effectively. More recently, research in Drosophila has illuminated the positive and negative regulation of Toll activation, the organization of signaling events at and beneath membranes, the sorting of information flow, and the existence of non-conventional signaling via Toll-related receptors. Here, we provide an overview of the Toll pathway of flies and highlight these ongoing realms of research.

Indexed as

AnimalsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEvolution, MolecularHumansImmunity, InnateInfectionsNF-kappa BReceptor Cross-TalkSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsDrosophila ProteinsNF-kappa BToll-Like ReceptorsDrosophilaInnate immunityNF-κBNon-conventional pathwayToll

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PMID23632253
PMCPMC3787077
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