title: Cell-mediated immunity in arthropods: hematopoiesis, coagulation, melanization and opsonization.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Physiology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Pikul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jiravanichpaisal
authors.forename: Bok Luel
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Söderhäll
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins; D009895:Opsonin Proteins