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Real-time analysis of Drosophila post-embryonic haemocyte behaviour.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Sampson Christopher J, Williams Michael J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The larval stage of the model organism Drosophila is frequently used to study host-pathogen interactions. During embryogenesis the cellular arm of the immune response, consisting of macrophage-like cells known as plasmatocytes, is extremely motile and functions to phagocytise pathogens and apoptotic bodies, as well as produce extracellular matrix. The cellular branch of the larval (post-embryonic)...
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