Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

PEBP balances apoptosis and autophagy in whitefly upon arbovirus infection

  • Shifan Wang,
  • Huijuan Guo,
  • Keyan Zhu-Salzman,
  • Feng Ge,
  • Yucheng Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28500-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Arbovirus has co-evolved with its insect vector, enabling efficient and persistent transmission by vectors. Here, the authors reveal an immune homeostatic mechanism shaped by apoptosis and autophagy that facilitates arbovirus preservation within its whitefly vector.