Feldhaar Heike, Gross Roy
Lehrstuhl für Soziobiologie und Verhaltensphysiologie, Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Microbes Infect. 2008 Jul;10(9):1082-8. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.07.010. Epub 2008 Jul 10.
In the past few years the knowledge of insect defense mechanisms against pathogenic microorganisms and parasites has significantly increased on both the molecular and the organismic level. These investigations have led to new concepts of immune protection also relevant for mammals with the identification of the Toll receptor family as an eminent example. This review provides a brief overview of insect strategies to on the one hand defeat bacterial pathogens while on the other hand cooperating with symbiotic bacteria beneficial for the insects.
在过去几年中，昆虫针对病原微生物和寄生虫的防御机制在分子和机体层面的知识都有了显著增长。这些研究带来了免疫保护的新概念，对哺乳动物也有借鉴意义，Toll受体家族的鉴定就是一个突出例子。本综述简要概述了昆虫一方面抵御细菌病原体，另一方面与对昆虫有益的共生细菌合作的策略。
