Haemocytes of the cockle Cerastoderma glaucum: Morphological characterisation and involvement in immune responses

Matozzo, Valerio; Rova, Giulio; Marin, María Gabriella

doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2007.01.020

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“…This is similar with CfToll in previous report of marine mollusk C. farreri [11]. Hametocytes are reported to be effective cells in immune responses of mollusks [35]. On one hand, haemocytes participate directly in pathogen elimination by phagocytes and encapsulation.…”

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A Crassostrea gigas Toll-like receptor and comparative analysis of TLR pathway in invertebrates

Zhang

2011

Fish & Shellfish Immunology

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A Crassostrea gigas Toll-like receptor and comparative analysis of TLR pathway in invertebrates

Zhang

2011

Fish & Shellfish Immunology

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“…This agreed with the observations in the oyster Crassostrea ariakensis [43]. Granulocytes have been documented as being the most active in phagocytic activity for some bivalve species [5,8,27,31,32,38,39,41,44]. TEM results have demonstrated that granulocytes contain a number of granules and organelles which are related to phagocytosis, but there are fewer of these in hyalinocytes.…”

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Characterization of subpopulations and immune-related parameters of hemocytes in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis

Wang

Chiang

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Fish & Shellfish Immunology

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“…Haemocytes of mollusks are known to efficiently adhere to foreign materials, such as bacteria or parasites. Matozzo et al (2007) suggest that haemocytes have opsonising properties, as observed in the cockle Cerastoderma glaucum, the haemocyte phagocytic index increasing significantly after pre-incubation (opsonisation) of yeast with cellfree haemolymph. In the present study, SRBC were used as foreign particles to test the adherence rate of haemocytes.…”

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Morphological and structural characterization of haemocytes ofOncomelania hupensis(Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae)

Pengsakul

Suleiman

Cheng

2013

Italian Journal of Zoology

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Oncomelania hupensis, an intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum, remains an important public health problem. Haemocytes play an important role in an innate immunity defense system of O. hupensis and require more research. The present study provides information concerning the morphological and functional basis of defense cells of O. hupensis observed through optical microscopy and electron microscopy [scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)]. In this study, two types of haemocyte cell categories, type I (macrophage-like) and type II (lymphocyte-like), were distinguished according to shape, size, surface structure, internal structure, functions, structure of cytoplasm and the processes of spike-like filopodia. The results showed that type II cells generally were smaller than type I cells. In addition, only type I cells had the ability to adhere to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) after 60 minutes of incubation. The adherence to SRBC of type I cells represents adhesion activity of these cells to foreign particles or parasites. These results warrant further investigation to better understand the function of O. hupensis haemocytes. The present study confirms several previous findings concerning haemocytes of O. hupensis and opens the door for further research into the function and structure of O. hupensis haemocytes.

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Haemocytes of the cockle Cerastoderma glaucum: Morphological characterisation and involvement in immune responses

Cited by 52 publications

References 53 publications

A Crassostrea gigas Toll-like receptor and comparative analysis of TLR pathway in invertebrates

A Crassostrea gigas Toll-like receptor and comparative analysis of TLR pathway in invertebrates

Characterization of subpopulations and immune-related parameters of hemocytes in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis

Morphological and structural characterization of haemocytes ofOncomelania hupensis(Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae)

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