BACKGROUND: Octopamine, the functional equivalent of noradrenaline in invertebrates, is a key neuromodulator that also influences immune functions. However, the receptor‑specific roles of octopamine in regulating innate immunity in Drosophila melanogaster remain incompletely understood. METHODS: Using loss‑of‑function mutants for the two major octopamine receptors Oct
- Uliczka, K.
- Papenmeier, S.
- Höschler, B.
- Wagner, C.
- Roeder, T.
- Heine, H.
Keywords
- Animals
- *Drosophila melanogaster/immunology/genetics/microbiology
- *Octopamine/metabolism/immunology
- *Immunity, Innate
- Phagocytosis/immunology
- Hemocytes/immunology
- Drosophila Proteins/genetics/metabolism
- Receptors, Biogenic Amine/genetics/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Drosophila immunity
- antimicrobial peptide
- biogenic amine
- hemocyte
- octopamine
- phagocytosis
