Figure 3
From: Relish2 mediates bursicon homodimer-induced prophylactic immunity in the mosquito Aedes aegypti
Treatments with r-bursicon homodimers and heterodimer led to up-regulated AMP transcripts in newly-emerged (A) and two-day-old mosquitoes (B) at 0.5 h or 3 h. Att, attacin; CecA, Cecropin A; DefA, Defesin A; DefB, Defensin B; Dpt, Diptericin. Asterisks indicate significant differences (*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01) from the control group. Induced AMPs in newly-emerged mosquitoes significantly suppressed the growth of Gram- bacteria E. coli (C) or Gram+ bacteria M. luteus (D) in vitro. Bars annotated with the same letter are not significantly different, P < 0.05.
