Autophagy in Drosophila: From Historical Studies to Current Knowledge

Figure 3

Drosophila immunity response pathways. A robust innate immunity system confers Drosophila protection against a variety of pathogens. Autophagy has been suggested to play a role in restricting infections, but the exact pathway of this response has yet to be deciphered. In addition there have been observations of a number of antimicrobial peptides (e.g., Diptericin) being expressed in response to immunological challenge.