Cell cooperation in coelomocyte cytotoxic activity of Paracentrotus lividus coelomocytes [PDF]
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 2007 The coelomic fluid from the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus contains several coelomocyte types including amoebocytes and uncoloured spherulocytes involved in immune defences.
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Lipofection mediated transfection fails for sea urchin coelomocytes
PLOS ONE, 2022 Molecular cloning, gene manipulation, gene expression, protein function, and gene regulation all depend on the introduction of nucleic acids into target cells.
Megan A Barela Hudgell, L. Smith
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In Search of the Role of Three-Finger Starfish Proteins [PDF]
Marine DrugsThree-finger proteins (TFPs), or Ly6/uPAR proteins, are characterized by the beta-structural LU domain containing three protruding “fingers” and stabilized by four conserved disulfide bonds.
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Galactose-Binding C-Type Lectin Promotes Cellular Aggregation of Coelomocytes in Sea Cucumber
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 Echinoderms have a large coelomic cavity containing coelomocytes. When the coelomic fluid is removed from the cavity, the cells aggregate immediately.
Mizuki Taguchi +3 more
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Recombinant SpTransformer proteins bind to specific sites on sea urchin phagocytes and modulate SpTransformer gene expression and immune responsiveness [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionThe California purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, relies exclusively on an innate immune system to survive in its pathogen rich marine environment. Central to this defense is the SpTransformer (SpTrf) gene family that is unique
Ryley S. Crow +2 more
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Bioinformatics analyses of the proteome of Holothuria tubulosa coelomic fluid and the first evidence of primary cilium in coelomocyte cells [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyThe holothurian immune system is characterized by complex defense mechanisms that act through humoral and cellular pathways. Coelomocites are the cellular component of coelomic fluid, and they are involved in host defense, stress response, wound healing,
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Earthworm coelomocytes as nanoscavenger of ZnO NPs [PDF]
Nanoscale Research Letters, 2014 Earthworms can ‘biotransform’ or ‘biodegrade’ chemical contaminants, rendering them harmless in their bodies, and can bioaccumulate them in their tissues. They ‘absorb’ the dissolved chemicals through their moist ‘body wall’ due to the interstitial water
Shruti Gupta +2 more
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Lectins identify distinct populations of coelomocytes in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Coelomocytes represent the immune cells of echinoderms, but detailed knowledge about their roles during immune responses is very limited. One major challenge for studying coelomocyte biology is the lack of reagents to identify and purify distinct ...
Wen-Yun Liao, Sebastian D Fugmann
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How increasing temperature affects the innate immune system of sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) reared in a RAS system [PDF]
Comparative Immunology ReportsThe purple sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus, is the most exploited and economically important in Southern Europe due to the high value of its gonads.
Ana Filipa Rodrigues +5 more
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Individual Sea Urchin Coelomocytes Undergo Somatic Immune Gene Diversification
Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 The adaptive immune response in jawed vertebrates is marked by the ability to diversify somatically specific immune receptor genes. Somatic recombination and hypermutation of gene segments are used to generate extensive repertoires of T and B cell ...
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