Cellular homeostasis: coping with ER overload during an immune response.

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Ewbank, Jonathan J | Pujol, Nathalie

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International audience. Host cells secrete antimicrobial proteins en masse to counter extracellular pathogens, placing a strain on the endoplasmic reticulum. The interplay between defence and cellular homeostasis has now been dissected genetically in Caenorhabditis elegans.

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