Placozoan fiber cells: mediators of innate immunity and participants in wound healing

Abstract Placozoa is a phylum of non-bilaterian marine animals. These small, flat organisms adhere to the substrate via their densely ciliated ventral epithelium, which mediates mucociliary locomotion and nutrient uptake. They have only six morphological cell types, including one, fiber cells, for w...

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Main Authors: Tatiana D. Mayorova, Katherine Hammar, Jae H. Jung, Maria A. Aronova, Guofeng Zhang, Christine A. Winters, Thomas S. Reese, Carolyn L. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02735-9