Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8497858 | Developmental & Comparative Immunology | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Freshwater crayfish is an important commodity as well as a successful model for studies on crustacean immunity. Due to the ease with which they are kept and the available methods for hemocyte separation and culture they have proven to be very useful. Here, recent progress regarding pattern recognition, immune effector production and antiviral mechanisms are discussed. Several cases of functional resemblance between vertebrate complement and the crayfish immune reactions are highlighted.
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Authors
Lage Cerenius, Kenneth Söderhäll,