Recognition of foreignness in invertebrates. II. In vitro studies of cockroach phagocytic haemocytes.
- 1 November 1971
- journal article
- Vol. 21 (5), 817-28
Abstract
Active uptake of sheep and chicken erythrocytes onto the surfaces of cockroach phagocytic haemocytes has been demonstrated to occur in vitro in the absence of haemolymph. Haemocytes were treated with various enzymes and chemicals in attempts to elucidate the nature of the receptor site for vertebrate erythrocytes. Uptake was abolished by pretreatment of haemocytes with trypsin and not restored by incubation in haemolymph. No opsonic activity was demonstrable for cockroach haemolymph regarding uptake of vertebrate erythrocytes.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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