The TNFR In Asterias rubens Sea Star: Genomic Studies

Cell-mediated Immune Responses in the Sea-star Asterias Rubens (echinoderm)

Cell-mediated immune responses occur in sea star system. In Asterias rubens it is said that B sea star lymphocytes and T sea star lymphocytes exist in the axial organ which can be considered as an ancestral lymphoid organ. In the same manner the origin of lymphocytes can be found in Invertebrates such as Echinodermal.

Evidence of Irf4 Gene, Irf2, Irf8 Genes in an Invertebrate: The Sea Star Asterias rubens

IRF4 gene, IRF2 and IRF8 genes have been studied in sea star which is the only invertebrate, to possess these factors, playing a rôle in the immune adaptative immunity of A. rubens. Evidence of Irf4 Gene, Irf2, Irf8 Genes in an Invertebrate: The Sea Star Asterias rubens Michel Leclerc1* and Nicolas Kresdorn2 1Department of Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology, University of Orléans, ...

Immune Properties Corroborated by A. Rubens Sea Star Igkappa Gene

The general idea that emerged from the experiments, made in our laboratoires, was that Echinodermata, as exemplified by sea stars: Asterina gibbosa and Asterias Rubens, possessed an immune system, with B cell lymphocytes, able to mount cellular and humoral-specific responses, after stimulation with a foreign antigen [1]. Asterias Rubens produced ‘‘An antibody’’ anti HRP after injections to HRP,...

Cell-Mediated and Humoral Immune Responses in the Sea-Star Asterias Rubens (Echinoderm): Notion of Invertebrate Primitive Antibody

Asterias rubens: Evidence of NF-kappa B genes

In the present paper we show a survey of the Asterias rubens sea star genome for genes associated with NF-kappa-B proteins implied in the immune response. The NF-kappa B gene, into 2 subunits, was found in this invertebrate.