Phagocytosis by thrombocytes is a conserved innate immune mechanism in lower vertebrates

Phagocytosis by thrombocytes is a conserved innate immune mechanism in lower vertebrates

Thrombocytes, nucleated hemostatic blood cells of nonmammalian vertebrates, are regarded as the functional equivalent of anucleated mammalian platelets. Additional immune functions, including phagocytosis, have also been suggested for thrombocytes, but no conclusive molecular or cellular experimenta...

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Main Authors: Takahiro eNagasawa, Chihaya eNakayasu, Aja M. Rieger, Daniel R. Barreda, Tomonori eSomamoto, Miki eNakao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Phagocytosis
innate immunity
Platelet
comparative immunology
Thrombocyte
Fish immunity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00445/full

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