Anti-Tumor Effects of Cecropin A and Drosocin Incorporated into Macrophage-like Cells Against Hematopoietic Tumors in <i>Drosophila mxc</i> Mutants

Five major antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in <i>Drosophila</i> are induced in <i>multiple sex combs</i> (<i>mxc</i>) mutant larvae harboring lymph gland (LG) tumors, and they exhibit anti-tumor effects. The effects of other well-known AMPs, Cecropin A and Drosocin,...

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Main Authors: Marina Hirata, Tadashi Nomura, Yoshihiro H. Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/6/389
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