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SUBMITTER: Shim J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3865989 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shim Jiwon J Mukherjee Tina T Mondal Bama Charan BC Liu Ting T Young Gloria Chin GC Wijewarnasuriya Dinali Priasha DP Banerjee Utpal U
Cell 20131101 5
Drosophila hematopoietic progenitor maintenance involves both near neighbor and systemic interactions. This study shows that olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) function upstream of a small set of neurosecretory cells that express GABA. Upon olfactory stimulation, GABA from these neurosecretory cells is secreted into the circulating hemolymph and binds to metabotropic GABAB receptors expressed on blood progenitors within the hematopoietic organ, the lymph gland. The resulting GABA signal causes hi ...[more]