Fungi activate Toll-1 dependent immune evasion to induce cell loss in the host brain
Deepanshu ND Singh, Abigail R. E. Roberts, Xiaocui Wang, Guiyi Li, Enrique Quesada Moraga, David Alliband, Elizabeth Ripley Ballou, Hung-Ji Tsai, Alicia Hidalgo
This study shows that the fungus Beauveria bassiana causes cell loss in the Drosophila brain through Toll-1/Wek/Sarm signaling, which drives immune evasion.
PLoS Biology · Feb 13, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience