UNSPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE OF ANTARCTIC ECTOTERMIC ANIMALS UNDER POLAR TEMPERATURES.

José Roberto Machado Cunha da Silva, Bruno Cossermelli Vellutini, Laércio Ribeiro Porto Neto, Leandro Nogueira Pressinotti, Maurício de Carvalho Ramos, Edwin L. Cooper, Francisco Javier Hernandez-Blazquez, Bernard Ernesto Jensch-Junior, João Carlos Shimada Borges

Abstract


This review presents data on nonspecific immune system of Antarctic metazoans poekiloterms. The phagocytosis, inflammation and wound repair were analysed in Antarctic animals, the big head fish (Notothenia coriiceps = N. neglecta), Antarctic starfish (Odontaster validus) and in Antarctic sea urchin (Sterechinus neumayeri).


Keywords


Phagocytosis, inflammation, wound repair, immune response, Antarctic

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