The invertebrate Drosophila melanogaster has been a powerful model for understanding
blood cell development and immunity. Drosophila is a holometabolous insect, which …

From flies to humans, many components of the innate immune system have been conserved
during metazoan evolution. This foundational observation has allowed us to develop …

Drosophila suzukii is an invasive alien pest recently introduced into Europe and North and
South America. Several control methods have been tested, and the ability of natural …

Analyses of the Drosophila hematopoietic system are becoming more and more prevalent
as developmental and functional parallels with vertebrate blood cells become more evident …

Hematopoietic progenitor choice between multipotency and differentiation is tightly
regulated by intrinsic factors and extrinsic signals from the surrounding microenvironment …

Drosophila blood cells called hemocytes form an efficient barrier against infections and
tissue damage. During metamorphosis, hemocytes undergo tremendous changes in their …

The antiviral role of innate immune responses mediated by the NF-κB family of transcription
factors is well established in vertebrates but was for a long time less clear in insects. Insects …

With more than 150,000 species, parasitoids are a large group of hymenopteran insects that
inject venom into and then lay their eggs in or on other insects, eventually killing the hosts …

Recent lineage tracing analyses have significantly improved our understanding of immune
system development and highlighted the importance of the different hematopoietic waves …

A growing body of evidence has shown that alcohol alters the activity of the innate immune
system and that changes in innate immune system activity can influence alcohol‐related …