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IMMUNITY IN THE INVERTEBRATES. CORRELATION OF THE PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITY OF HAEMOCYTES WITH RESISTANCE TO INFECTION IN THE CRAYFISH ( PARACHAERAPS BICARINATUS )
Author(s) -
McKay D,
Jenkin CR
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1970.59
Subject(s) - hemolymph , crayfish , phagocytosis , immunity , immune system , biology , acquired immune system , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , invertebrate , ecology
Summary Data presented indicate that the most important change in the adaptive immune response of the crayfish ( Parachaeraps bicarinatus ) to infection following immunisation resides in a change in the activity of phagocytic cells. However, the activity of the cells as measured by the phagocytosis of erythrocytes can lie demonstrated only if the erythrocytes are first treated with haemolymph.