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Evidence of Interleukin Genes in the Sea-Star: Asterias rubens (Echinoderma)

Michel Leclerc1 and Patricia Otten2
  • 1 Université d’Orléans-La Source, France
  • 2 Immunologie des Invertébrés Université d’Orléans 45100, Switzerland

Abstract

The axial organ of the sea star Asterias rubens is a primitive immune organ the sea star T lymphocytes, when stimulated by various lectins, produce lymphokin-like substances with mitogenic properties as shown in earlier studies; they are correlated with Interleukin genes.

American Journal of Immunology
Volume 9 No. 2, 2013, 65-67

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.65.67

Submitted On: 4 June 2013 Published On: 22 June 2013

How to Cite: Leclerc, M. & Otten, P. (2013). Evidence of Interleukin Genes in the Sea-Star: Asterias rubens (Echinoderma). American Journal of Immunology, 9(2), 65-67. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.65.67

Open AccessCopyright: © 2013 Michel Leclerc and Patricia Otten. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Interleukin Genes
  • Sea-Star Axial Organ
  • Asterias Rubens