Invertebrate Immunity

0361614 - MBÚ 2012 RIV US eng M - Monography Chapter
Bilej, Martin - Procházková, Petra - Šilerová, Marcela - Josková, Radka
Earthworm Immunity.
Invertebrate Immunity. New York: Landes Biosciences and Springer Science +Business Media, 2010 - (Söderhäll, K.), s. 66-79. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 708. ISBN 978-1-4419-8058-8
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA206/07/0378; GA AV ČR IAA600200704; GA MŠMT 2B06155
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50200510
Keywords : earthworms * immunity
Subject RIV: EC - Immunology

Earthworms belonging to oligochaete annelids became a model for comparative immunologists in the early sixties with the publication of results from transplantation experiments that proved the existence of self/nonself recognition in earthworms. This initiated extensive studies on the earthworm immune mechanisms that evolved the prevent the invasion of pathogens. In the las four decades important cellular and humoral pathways were described and numerous biologically active compounds were characterized and often cloned
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