MyD88-deficient Hydra reveal an ancient function of TLR signaling in sensing bacterial colonizers

Virus Recognition by Toll-7 Activates Antiviral Autophagy in Drosophila

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The Toll-Like Receptor 2 Pathway Establishes Colonization by a Commensal of the Human Microbiota

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Toll-8/Tollo Negatively Regulates Antimicrobial Response in the Drosophila Respiratory Epithelium

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Defining the Origins of the NOD-Like Receptor System at the Base of Animal Evolution

(2010) C. Lange et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The dynamic genome of Hydra

(2010) Jarrod A. Chapman et al.   NATURE

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

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Disturbing epithelial homeostasis in the metazoanHydraleads to drastic changes in associated microbiota

(2009) Sebastian Fraune et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Wnt/ -Catenin and noncanonical Wnt signaling interact in tissue evagination in the simple eumetazoan Hydra

(2009) I. Philipp et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

More than just orphans: are taxonomically-restricted genes important in evolution?

(2009) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: The simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence

(2008) Thomas C.G. Bosch et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Innate immunity and intestinal microbiota in the development of Type 1 diabetes

(2008) Li Wen et al.   NATURE

The Aedes aegypti Toll Pathway Controls Dengue Virus Infection

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