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Neurons regulate innate immunity in Caenorhabditis elegans. (a) Wild-type C. elegans infected with bacterial pathogens die, but OCTR-1 knockout animals are significantly protected from lethal infection. (b) The mechanism depends on the role of OCTR-1-expressing neurons to inhibit innate gene expression required for the unfolded protein response.
