Mosquito Midgut Prostaglandin Release Establishes Systemic Immune Priming

Summary: Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes that have been infected with Plasmodium mount a more effective immune response to a subsequent infection. Priming is established when Plasmodium invasion of the mosquito midgut allows contact of the gut microbiota with epithelial cells. This event is followed by...

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Main Authors: Ana Beatriz F. Barletta, Nathanie Trisnadi, Jose Luis Ramirez, Carolina Barillas-Mury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004219302378