Specific gene expression responses to parasite genotypes reveal redundancy of innate immunity in vertebrates.

Vertebrate innate immunity is the first line of defense against an invading pathogen and has long been assumed to be largely unspecific with respect to parasite/pathogen species. However, recent phenotypic evidence suggests that immunogenetic variation, i.e. allelic variability in genes associated w...

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Main Authors: David Haase, Jennifer K Rieger, Anika Witten, Monika Stoll, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Martin Kalbe, Thorsten B H Reusch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108001