Evolutionarily Ancient Caspase-9 Sensitizes Immune Effector Coelomocytes to Cadmium-Induced Cell Death in the Sea Cucumber, Holothuria leucospilota
Heavy-metal pollution has increasingly jeopardized the habitats of marine organisms including the sea cucumber, a seafloor scavenger vital to seawater bio-decontamination, ocean de-acidification and coral-reef protection. Normal physiology including immune functions of sea cucumbers is toxicological...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-07-01
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Colección: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.927880/full |