Antiviral adaptive immunity and tolerance in the mosquito Aedes aegyti
R. Andino, M. Tassetto, M. Kunitomi, Z. J. Whitfield, P. T. Dolan, I. Sanchez-Vargas, I. Ribiero, T. Chen, K. E. Olson
The paper characterizes an antiviral immunity pathway in mosquitoes that uses endogenous viral elements for long-term protection and self-nonself discrimination.
bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2018 · PreprintImmunology