Innate and Adaptative Immunity in the Sea-Star Asterias Rubens
- 1 Université d’Orleans 45100, France
Abstract
The axial organ of the sea star Asterias rubens is a primitive immune organ. The B-like cells, when stimulated by various antigens, produce antibody substances correlating with Mouse Ig Kappa genes. On the other hand elements of the innate immunity are present in Asterias rubens such as Toll-like receptors, interleukin receptors, complement components which contribute to initiate the «antibody factor».
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2012.78.83
Copyright: © 2012 Michel Leclerc. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- Asterias Rubens
- Innate Immunity
- Complement
- Primitive Immune
- Adaptative Immunity