The Onset of Whole-Body Regeneration in Botryllus schlosseri: Morphological and Molecular Characterization
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DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.843775
Abstract: Colonial tunicates are the only chordates that regularly regenerate a fully functional whole body as part of their asexual life cycle, starting from specific epithelia and/or mesenchymal cells. In addition, in some species, whole-body regeneration… read more here.
Keywords: body regeneration; whole body; morphological molecular; botryllus schlosseri ... See more keywords
Insights into the Complement System of Tunicates: C3a/C5aR of the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
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DOI: 10.3390/biology9090263
Abstract: As an evolutionary ancient component of the metazoan immune defense toolkit, the complement system can modulate cells and humoral responses of both innate and (in jawed vertebrates) adaptive immunity. All the three known complement-activation pathways… read more here.
Keywords: colonial ascidian; botryllus schlosseri; system; complement system ... See more keywords
New Data on the Rhamnose-Binding Lectin from the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: Subcellular Distribution, Secretion Mode and Effects on the Cyclical Generation Change
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DOI: 10.3390/md21030171
Abstract: Botryllus schlosseri in a cosmopolitan ascidian, considered a reliable model organism for studies on the evolution of the immune system. B. schlosseri rhamnose-binding lectin (BsRBL) is synthesised by circulating phagocytes and behaves as an opsonin… read more here.
Keywords: generation change; lectin; rhamnose binding; biology ... See more keywords