Drosophila sessile hemocyte clusters are true hematopoietic tissues that regulate larval blood cell differentiation

by Alexandre B Leitão, Élio Sucena
Published 2015-02-01

Independent effects on cellular and humoral immune responses underlie genotype-by-genotype interactions between Drosophila and parasitoids.

by Alexandre B Leitão, Xueni Bian, Jonathan P Day, Simone Pitton, Eşref Demir, Francis M Jiggins
Published 2019-10-01

Parallel and costly changes to cellular immunity underlie the evolution of parasitoid resistance in three Drosophila species.

by John E McGonigle, Alexandre B Leitão, Sarah Ommeslag, Sophie Smith, Jonathan P Day, Francis M Jiggins
Published 2017-10-01

Constitutive activation of cellular immunity underlies the evolution of resistance to infection in Drosophila

by Alexandre B Leitão, Ramesh Arunkumar, Jonathan P Day, Emma M Geldman, Ismaël Morin-Poulard, Michèle Crozatier, Francis M Jiggins
Published 2020-12-01

Steroid hormone signaling is essential to regulate innate immune cells and fight bacterial infection in Drosophila.

by Jennifer C Regan, Ana S Brandão, Alexandre B Leitão, Angela Raquel Mantas Dias, Elio Sucena, António Jacinto, Anna Zaidman-Rémy
Published 2013-10-01