Two Nimrod receptors, NimC1 and Eater, synergistically contribute to bacterial phagocytosis in Drosophila melanogaster
C. Melcarne, E. Ramond, J. Dudzic, A. Bretscher, E. Kurucz, I. Ando, B. Lemaitre
This study shows that NimC1 and Eater work together in Drosophila to phagocytose bacteria, with Eater handling Gram-positive bacteria and NimC1 also involved in uptake of non-bacterial particles.
bioRxiv · Nov 27, 2018Immunology