Tunicates and Their Immune Mechanism
The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 39 Issue 3-4
Page 83-88
published_at 1992-12
Title
Tunicates and Their Immune Mechanism
Source Identifiers
Creator Keywords
Tunicate
Immune system
Hemocytes
Hemopoiesis
Tunicates (Urochordate) belong to Chordata, the phylum which also includes vertebrates, as the most primitive group in phylogeny of the group. In spite of earlier reports about allogeneic recognition in tunicates, molecular basis of it remains unknown. Functions of immuno-potent cells and components of their cytoplasmic granules are not defined, either. Memory in immuno-defense reactions have not been proved. Thus, many immunological problems still remain unsolved in tunicate. However, recent studies about cytokines and hemopoiesis add new aspects to tunicate immunology.
Languages
eng
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Publishers
Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Date Issued
1992-12
File Version
Version of Record
Access Rights
open access
Relations
[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272
Schools
医学部