Immune response of the Antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri: cellular, molecular and physiological approach.

• Main Authors: Gonzalez-Aravena, Marcelo, Perez-Troncoso, Carolina, Urtubia, Rocio, Branco, Paola, Machado Cunha da Silva, José Roberto, Mercado, Luis, De Lorgeril, Julien, Bethke, Jorn, Paschke, Kurt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2016
• Subjects: Erizo de mar; Antártida; Sterechinus neumayeri; coelomocytes; fagocitosis; expresión genética; Sea urchin; Antarctica; phagocytosis; gene expression; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Consecuencia; Erizo; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antártica
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/23165; https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v63i2.23165

In the Antarctic marine environment, the water temperature is usually between 2 and - 1.9 °C. Consequently, some Antarctic species have lost the capacity to adapt to sudden changes in temperature. The study of the immune response in Antarctic sea urchin (Sterechinus neumayeri) could help us understa...