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Host genetics of invasive Aspergillus and Candida infections

Wójtowicz, Agnieszka ; Bochud, Pierre-Yves

In: Seminars in Immunopathology, 2015, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 173-186

Università della Svizzera italiana

MicroRNAs in hematopoietic development

Montagner, Sara ; Dehó, Lorenzo ; Monticelli, Silvia

In: BMC immunology, 2014, vol. 15, p. 14

Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs involved in the posttranscriptional regulation of a wide range of biological processes. By binding to complementary sequences on target messenger RNAs, they trigger translational repression and degradation of the target, eventually resulting in reduced protein output. MiRNA-dependent regulation of protein translation is a very widespread...

Université de Fribourg

Reactive oxygen species and plant resistance to fungal pathogens

Lehmann, Silke ; Serrano, Mario ; L’Haridon, Floriane ; Tjamos, Sotirios E. ; Metraux, Jean-Pierre

In: Phytochemistry, 2015, vol. 112, p. 54–62

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been studied for their role in plant development as well as in plant immunity. ROS were consistently observed to accumulate in the plant after the perception of pathogens and microbes and over the years, ROS were postulated to be an integral part of the defence response of the plant. In this article we will focus on recent findings about ROS involved in the...