Echinoderms are the deuterostome group with the most striking capacity to regenerate lost
body parts. In particular, members of the class Holothuroidea are able to regenerate most of …

Holothurians, or sea cucumbers, exhibit two processes that have intrigued biologists for
decades: autotomy and regeneration. Autotomy includes the loss of body parts by evisceration …

Background Among deuterostomes, the regenerative potential is maximally expressed in
echinoderms, animals that can quickly replace most injured organs. In particular, sea …

Organisms of the phylum Echinodermata show some of the most impressive regenerative
feats within the animal kingdom. Following injury or self-induced autotomy, species in this …

Background All animals possess some type of tissue repair mechanism. In some species,
the capacity to repair tissues is limited to the healing of wounds. Other species, such as …

Background Echinoderms are emerging as important models in regenerative biology. Significant
amount of data are available on cellular mechanisms of post-traumatic repair in these …

The sea cucumber, Holothuria glaberrima, has the capacity to regenerate its internal organs.
Intestinal regeneration is accomplished by the thickening of the mesenteric border and the …

Syntaxins A and B are nervous system-specific proteins implicated in the docking of synaptic
vesicles with the presynaptic plasma membrane. A family of syntaxin-related proteins from …

Background Determining the type and source of cells involved in regenerative processes
has been one of the most important goals of researchers in the field of regeneration biology. …

Background Unlike the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), the CNS of echinoderms
is capable of fast and efficient regeneration following injury and constitutes one of the most …