Cell-mediated immunity in arthropods: hematopoiesis, coagulation, melanization and opsonization.
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.
Jiravanichpaisal
Pikul
P
Department of Comparative Physiology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
Lee
Bok Luel
BL
Söderhäll
Kenneth
K
D000818:Animals; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000276:immunology*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000276:immunology*; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology*; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008543:Melanins / Q000502:physiology*; D009895:Opsonin Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
D008543:Melanins; D009895:Opsonin Proteins