Who is in control of the stickleback immune system: Interactions between Schistocephalus solidus and its specific vertebrate host

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1629, 2007, Pages 3151-3158

  Scharsack, Jörn Peter ^a   Koch, Kamilla ^a,c   Hammerschmidt, Katrin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Head kidney leucocytes; Host manipulation; Host parasite interaction; Respiratory burst activity; Schistocephalus solidus

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; FITNESS; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; TELEOST;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENICITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; UPREGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

CESTODA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36849002038     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1148     Document Type: Article

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