A Brief Introduction to Effector-Triggered Immunity

Thomas A Kufer; Maria Kaparakis-Liaskos

doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-2449-4_1

A Brief Introduction to Effector-Triggered Immunity

Methods Mol Biol. 2022:2523:1-8. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2449-4_1.

Authors

Thomas A Kufer¹, Maria Kaparakis-Liaskos^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunology, Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. Thomas.kufer@uni-hohenheim.de.
² Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
³ Research Centre for Extracellular Vesicles, School of Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 35759187
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2449-4_1

Abstract

Detection of microbes by the host is essential to restrict microbial colonization, to clear pathogens, and to mount adapted defense reactions, and thus is the key function of the innate immune systems of plants and mammals. Here we provide an introduction into pathogen recognition by the innate immune system of both plants and animals. We will particularly focus on the concept of effector-triggered immunity, and similarities and differences in its function between plants and animals.

Keywords: Animals; Concepts; Innate immunity; PRR; Plants.

MeSH terms

Animals
Immunity, Innate
Mammals
Plant Immunity*
Plants*
Signal Transduction