The antioxidants dimethylsulfoxide and dimethylthiourea affect the immediate adhesion responses of larval haemocytes from 3 lepidopteran insect species

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1330-1347

  Dunphy, Gary B ^a   Chen, Genhui ^b   Webster, John M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Welichem Biotech Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Haemocytes; Lysozyme; Phenoloxidase; Radicals

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BACTERIA; BLOOD; ENZYME KINETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HAEMOCYTES; LYSOZYME; PHENOLOXIDASE; PROTEIN KINASES; RADICALS;

CELL ADHESION;

ANTIOXIDANT; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIMETHYLTHIOUREA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LYSOZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; THIOUREA;

ADHESION; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; INSECT; LARVA;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL VIABILITY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GRANULAR CELL; GYPSY MOTH; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL ADHESION; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLASS; HEMOCYTES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PROTEIN KINASE C; THIOUREA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 38949165490     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W07-096     Document Type: Article

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