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Echinodermata: The complex immune system in echinoderms
2018
View references (418) The Echinodermata are an ancient phylum of benthic marine invertebrates with a dispersal-stage planktonic larva. These animals have innate immune systems characterized initially by clearance of foreign particles, including microbes, from the body cavity of both larvae and adults, and allograft tissue rejection in adults. Immune responsiveness is mediated by a variety of adult coelomocytes and larval mesenchyme cells. Echinoderm diseases from a range of pathogens can lead to mass die-offs and impact aquaculture, but some individuals can recover. Genome sequences of several echinoderms have identified genes with immune function, including expanded families of Toll-like r…
Correction to: Echinodermata: The complex immune system in echinoderms (Advances in Comparative Immunology, 10.1007/978-3-319-76768-0_13)
2018
This chapter was inadvertently published with an incorrect spelling of the author's name as V. Arriza whereas it should be V. Arizza. In addition to this the affiliation of one of the chapter authors Elisse Sutton was published incorrectly and it has now been corrected to read as Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
The immune mediators in echinoderms as souce of novel AMPs against microbial biofilms
2012
Characterization of haemolytic activity of coelomocytes of Holothuria tubulosa
2013
Phylogenetic analysis recognizes echinoderms as a key group of deuterostomes, therefore the species in this group are useful for the study of the evolution of innate immunity responses. In addition, this marine invertebrate lives in coastal and estuarine waters that are directly exposed to potentially pathogenic microorganisms and stressful anthropogenic factors. Coelomocyte populations seem to be essential to immune-defence functions such as phagocytosis, ROI production, cytotoxicity, synthesis and release of antimicrobial substances including lectin, cytokine, C3-like expression, prophenoloxidase activity and capsule formation. Holothurians’ coelomocyte populations contain several coelomo…