| Literature DB >> 12054022 |
Yves Carton1, Francoise Frey, David W Stanley, Emily Vass, Anthony J Nappi.
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Host larvae of Drosophila melanogaster injected with the eicosanoid biosynthesis inhibitor, dexamethasone, prior to parasitization by the wasp Leptopilina boulardi, exhibited significantly reduced rates of melanotic encapsulation in comparison with control and saline-injected larvae. The results of this investigation suggest that prostaglandins and other eicosanoids are involved as cell-signaling molecules in the hemocytic encapsulation reaction of D. melanogaster larvae.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12054022 DOI： 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0405:DIOTCI]2.0.CO;2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Parasitol ISSN： 0022-3395 Impact factor: 1.276