Figure 5.

Effects of RNAi knockdown of immune recognition genes on the septic shock-induced upregulation of immune-responsive effector genes. The expression levels of the immune effector genes were standardized to the expression levels of ribosomal protein L32 (rpL32). Adult females were injected with heat-killed E. coli or M. luteus 3 days after dsRNA injection and subjected to RNA extraction from fat bodies on the following day. Significant downregulation compared with EGFP injection is shown by asterisks (t-test: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001). The error bar indicates the standard deviation (s.d.).