“…We also saw an increase in expression for autophagy related genes in C. elegans fed with pathogenic C. difficile (Figure 3E). Recent articles have also highlighted a comparable occurrence in different model systems where the host responds to toxins produced by C. difficile 49,50 . Apart from this we also saw an increase in expression for NLP-29, HLH-30, EGL-5, SCAV-3, CED-1, XBP-1, TOL-1, ELT-3, FSHR-1, and SKN-1 (Figure S8C).…”