Cell-mediated immunity in arthropods: hematopoiesis, coagulation, melanization and opsonization

Pikul Jiravanichpaisal; Bok Luel Lee; Kenneth Söderhäll

doi:10.1016/j.imbio.2005.10.015

Cell-mediated immunity in arthropods: hematopoiesis, coagulation, melanization and opsonization

Immunobiology. 2006;211(4):213-36. doi: 10.1016/j.imbio.2005.10.015. Epub 2006 Apr 18.

Authors

Pikul Jiravanichpaisal¹, Bok Luel Lee, Kenneth Söderhäll

Affiliation

¹ Department of Comparative Physiology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.

PMID: 16697916
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2005.10.015

Abstract

The functions of hemocytes in innate immune response are reviewed with emphasized on their roles in coagulation, melanization and opsonization. Also the ways in which hemocytes are produced in and released from hematopoietic tissue are discussed.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Blood Coagulation / immunology*
Drosophila / cytology
Drosophila / immunology*
Hematopoiesis / immunology*
Hemolymph / cytology*
Hemolymph / immunology*
Immunity, Cellular*
Melanins / physiology*
Opsonin Proteins / metabolism*
Opsonin Proteins / physiology

Substances

Melanins
Opsonin Proteins