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Jiangfan,Xiu; Tao,Wang; Yu,Wang; Jianwei,Wu; Guo,Guo; Yingchun,Zhang; Xiaoli,Shang. |
ABSTRACT Housefly, Musca domestica, has a complicated immune system. However, its underlying operating mechanism remains elusive. Candida albicans is a major pathogen affecting humans by causing deep infection fungous disease, but it is non-symbiotic in houseflies. To investigate the C. albicans infection process in housefly, the changes in morphological and histological and expression patterns of antimicrobial peptide were monitored to indicate the insect's response to fungal infection. The results showed that scattered brown spots were comprising melanized encapsulation and encapsulated fungal cells were initially observed at the inner side of larvae's body wall 3 h post-infection (PI). Between 6 and 36 h PI, the whole body of larvae was densely covered... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Musca domestica; Larvae; Candida albicans; Infection; Innate immunity. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132016000100340 |
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