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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 Reports
The 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, Sílvia Lourenço, Ana S. Gomes, Carolina F. Tchobanov, Ana Pombo, Teresa Baptista   +5 more
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Expanded polystyrene microplastic is more cytotoxic to seastar coelomocytes than its nonexpanded counterpart: A comparative analysis

Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2021
Microplastics (MPs) are established contaminants of coastal ecosystem. Present investigation is aimed to assess comparative toxicity of polystyrene microplastic (PS-MP) and expanded polystyrene microplastic (EPS-MP) in the coelomocytes of Astropecten ...
Abhinandan Barua, Arunodaya Gautam, Soumalya Mukherjee, Kunal Pal, Parimal Karmakar, Mitali Ray, Sajal Ray   +6 more
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Short-Term Thermal Stress Affects Immune Cell Features in the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus

Animals, 2023
Due to global warming, animals are experiencing heat stress (HS), affecting many organic functions and species’ survival. In this line, some characteristics of immune cells in sea urchins subjected to short-term HS were evaluated.
Carola Murano, Alessandra Gallo, Aurora Nocerino, Alberto Macina, Stefano Cecchini Gualandi, Raffaele Boni   +5 more
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Coelomocytes of the Oligochaeta earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) as evolutionary key of defense: a morphological study

Zoological Letters, 2023
Metazoans have several mechanisms of internal defense for their survival. The internal defense system evolved alongside the organisms. Annelidae have circulating coelomocytes that perform functions comparable to the phagocytic immune cells of vertebrates.
Alessio Alesci, Gioele Capillo, Angelo Fumia, Marco Albano, Emmanuele Messina, Nunziacarla Spanò, Simona Pergolizzi, Eugenia Rita Lauriano   +7 more
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Distinct Uptake Routes Participate in Silver Nanoparticle Engulfment by Earthworm and Human Immune Cells

Nanomaterials, 2022
The consequences of engineered silver nanoparticle (AgNP) exposure and cellular interaction with the immune system are poorly understood. The immunocytes of the Eisenia andrei earthworm are frequently applied in ecotoxicological studies and possess ...
Bohdana Kokhanyuk, Viola Bagóné Vántus, Balázs Radnai, Eszter Vámos, Gyula Kajner, Gábor Galbács, Elek Telek, Mária Mészáros, Mária A. Deli, Péter Németh, Péter Engelmann   +10 more
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Cellular, Hormonal, and Behavioral Responses of the Holothuroid Cucumaria frondosa to Environmental Stressors

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Holothuroids (sea cucumbers) are one of the most ubiquitous groups of benthic animals found across diverse marine ecosystems. As echinoderms, they also occupy an important place in the evolutionary hierarchy, sitting close to vertebrates in the ...
Sara Jobson, Jean-François Hamel, Taylor Hughes, Annie Mercier, Annie Mercier   +4 more
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Co-presence of black soldier fly frass, soil-biodegradable mulch films, and earthworms: effects on film biodegradation, ecotoxicity, and microbial community. [PDF]

J Sci Food Agric
Abstract Background Soil‐biodegradable mulch films (SBF) are used increasingly to enhance crop yields while addressing soil pollution and disposal issues. Another sustainable practice gaining attention is the use of soil amendments derived from waste, such as insect frass from Hermetia illucens.
Francioni M, Marini E, De Bernardi A, D'Ottavio P, Ilari A, Pedretti EF, Duca D, Armah BK, Rivosecchi C, Appicciutoli M, Brunetti G, Bianchini M, Ledda L, Tiloca MT, Deroma MA, Tagliabue F, Casucci C, Vischetti C, Vaccari F, Bandini F, Puglisi E, Deligios PA.   +21 more
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Evaluation of Complex Toxicity of Canbon Nanotubes and Sodium Pentachlorophenol Based on Earthworm Coelomocytes Test. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
As a standard testing organism in soil ecosystems, the earthworm Eisenia fetida has been used widely in toxicity studies. However, tests at the individual level are time- and animal-consuming, with limited sensitivity.
Yang Yang, Yao Xiao, Mei Li, Funian Ji, Changwei Hu, Yibin Cui   +5 more
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Riboflavin content in autofluorescent earthworm coelomocytes is species-specific.

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica, 2007
We have recently shown that a large proproportion of earthworm coelomocytes exhibit strong autofluorescence in some species (Dendrobaena veneta, Allolobophora chlorotica, Dendrodrilus rubidus, Eisenia fetida, and Octolasion spp.), while autofluorescent ...
Joanna Homa, Barbara Płytycz, Beata Kozioł, Małgorzata Rózanowska, A John Morgan   +4 more
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Oxidative Stress, Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity in Earthworm Eisenia fetida at Different Di-n-Butyl Phthalate Exposure Levels. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Recognized as ubiquitous contaminants in soil, the environmental risk of phthalic acid esters (PAEs) is of great concern recently. Effects of di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP), an extensively used PAE compound to Eisenia fetida have been investigated in spiked
Tingting Ma, Li'ke Chen, Longhua Wu, Haibo Zhang, Yongming Luo   +4 more
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