| Literature DB >> 29447691 |
Roman Dziarski1, Dipika Gupta2.
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How does the immune system maintain a balance between preserving a beneficial microbiome and protecting against pathogens while also inducing effective, yet not damaging, responses? In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Charroux et al. (2018) reveal that, in Drosophila, this task is performed by three isoforms of PGRP-LB, a peptidoglycan-hydrolyzing amidase.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29447691 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.01.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Host Microbe ISSN: 1931-3128 Impact factor: 21.023