Amphioxus as a model for investigating evolution of the vertebrate immune system

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 297-305

  Yuan, Shaochun ^a   Ruan, Jie ^a   Huang, Shengfeng ^a   Chen, Shangwu ^a   Xu, Anlong ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Evolution; Expansion; Immunity

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; DEFENSIN; GALECTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; I KAPPA B KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY C; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 2;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LANCELETS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84918565347     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 18790089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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