Effect of preinjection of Crassostrea virginica with bacteria on subsequent chemotactic response by its hemocytes |
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| Authors: | Thomas C Cheng Keith H Howland David A Schoenberg John T Sullivan |
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| Institution: | 1. Marine Biomedical Research Program, Medical University of South Carolina, P.O. Box 12559 (Fort Johnson), Charleston, South Carolina 29412 USA;2. Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Medical University of South Carolina, P.O. Box 12559 (Fort Johnson), Charleston, South Carolina 29412 USA |
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| Abstract: | It has been demonstrated that hemocytes collected from the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, 2 hr postchallenge with live Bacillus megaterium are significantly less chemotactic to this bacterium. Since chemotaxis between hemocytes and non-self materials is an integral part of the cellular internal defense mechanism in mollusks, this finding may be important in our understanding of reduced cellular reactions in prechallenged animals. |
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