Insect models of immunosenescence

Handbook on Immunosenescence: Basic Understanding and Clinical Applications

Volumn 9781402090639, Issue , 2009, Pages 87-105

  Leips, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bacterial clearance; Encapsulation; Hemocyte; IMD; Immune response; JNK; Phagocytosis; Phenoloxidase; Survival; Toll

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856743978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9063-9_4     Document Type: Chapter

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