About the Authors: Xi Liu Affiliation: Cornell Institute for Host Microbe Interactions and Disease, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America Jeffrey J. Hodgson Affiliations Cornell Institute for Host Microbe Interactions and Disease, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America Nicolas Buchon * E-mail: nicolas.buchon@cornell.edu Affiliation: Cornell Institute for Host Microbe Interactions and Disease, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3636-8387Citation: Liu X, Hodgson JJ, Buchon N (2017) Drosophila as a model for homeostatic, antibacterial, and antiviral mechanisms in the gut. The fly GI tract is composed of self-renewing digestive and absorptive tissues and shares several properties with the mammalian counterparts, the stomach, small intestine, and colon. [...]in mammals, ISCs self-renew an...

Drosophila as a model for homeostatic, antibacterial, and antiviral mechanisms in the gut

10.1371/journal.ppat.1006277