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Transcriptomic Evidence Reveals the Molecular Basis for Functional Differentiation of Hemocytes in a Marine Invertebrate, Crassostrea gigas.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Mao Fan, Wong Nai-Kei, Lin Yue, Zhang Xiangyu, Liu Kunna, Huang Minwei, Xu Duo, Xiang Zhiming, Li Jun, Zhang Yang, Yu Ziniu
Abstract excerpt
Hemocytes play unequivocally central roles in host immune defense of bivalve mollusks, though the exact mechanisms underlying their functional differentiation are only partially understood. To this end, granulocytes and hyalinocytes were sorted via flow cytometry from hemocytes of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, and consequently quantitative transcriptomic analysis revealed a striking array of...
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