Figure 1
Expression profiles of immunity, non-modified and repressed genes of A. gambiae (A) and D. melanogaster (B). In red color are shown the immunity (Im) induced genes, in black the non-modified (NM) genes and green the down-regulated (DR) genes. The expression values are log2(f2/f1), as reported by Dimopoulos [26] and De Gregorio [27]. C) and D) are examples of co-expressed genes of A. gambiae in response to P. aeruginosa and E. coli, respectively. 4a-3B cells of A. gambiae were challenged with nine microbial stimuli and analyzed at 1, 4, 8, 12, 18 and 24 hours post-challenge (except for P. aeruginosa, for which the 8 h sample was omitted). For D. melanogaster, adult males were challenged by pricking the thorax with a needle dipped into a bacterial culture of Escherichia coli and Micrococcus luteus and analyzed at 1.5, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours after challenge (HAC).