Lipase activity in the serum and hemolymph cells of the soft-shelled clam, Mya arenaria, during phagocytosis. |
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| Authors: | T C Cheng T P Yoshino |
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| Affiliation: | Institute for Pathobiology, Center for Health Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 USA |
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| Abstract: | Quantitative determinations of lipase activity in the sera and hemolymph cell homogenates of Mya arenaria that had been challenged with heat-killed Bacillus megaterium and those of control clams have revealed that there is an increase in both fractions of the hemolymph during phagocytosis.The occurrence of lipase in serum and cells suggests that suitable substrates could be degraded by hydrolysis extracellularly as well as within phagocytes. |
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