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Research Article · Free to read · Published 22 June 2013

Evidence of Interleukin Genes in the Sea-Star: Asterias rubens (Echinoderma)

Michel Leclerc1 & Patricia Otten2

American Journal of Immunology, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp. 65–67 · doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.65.67

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Abstract

The axial organ of the sea star Asterias rubens is a primitive immune organ the sea star T lymphocytes, when stimulated by various lectins, produce lymphokin-like substances with mitogenic properties as shown in earlier studies; they are correlated with Interleukin genes.

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Leclerc, M. & Otten, P. (2013). Evidence of Interleukin Genes in the Sea-Star: Asterias rubens (Echinoderma). American Journal of Immunology, 9(2), 65–67. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.65.67

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