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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Georgios Apidianakis
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1287 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Apidianakis Yiorgos Y Mindrinos Michael N MN Xiao Wenzhong W Tegos George P GP Papisov Michail I MI Hamblin Michael R MR Davis Ronald W RW Tompkins Ronald G RG Rahme Laurence G LG
PloS one 20071226 12
Despite recent advances in our understanding the pathophysiology of trauma, the basis of the predisposition of trauma patients to infection remains unclear. A Drosophila melanogaster/Pseudomonas aeruginosa injury and infection model was used to identify host genetic components that contribute to the hyper-susceptibility to infection that follows severe trauma. We show that P. aeruginosa compromises skeletal muscle gene (SMG) expression at the injury site to promote infection. We demonstrate that ...[more]