UNSPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE OF ANTARCTIC ECTOTERMIC ANIMALS UNDER POLAR TEMPERATURES.

• Main Authors: da Silva, José Roberto Machado Cunha, Vellutini, Bruno Cossermelli, Porto Neto, Laércio Ribeiro, Pressinotti, Leandro Nogueira, Ramos, Maurício de Carvalho, Cooper, Edwin L., Hernandez-Blazquez, Francisco Javier, Jensch-Junior, Bernard Ernesto, Borges, João Carlos Shimada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia 2017
• Subjects: Phagocytosis; inflammation; wound repair; immune response; Antarctic; Fagocitose; inflamação; cicatrização; resposta imune inespecífica; Antártica; Big Head; Sob’; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/oa/article/view/8064

This review presents data on nonspecific immune system of Antarctic metazoans poekiloterms. The phagocytosis, inflammation and wound repair were analysed in Antarctic animals, the big head fish (Notothenia coriiceps = N. neglecta), Antarctic starfish (Odontaster validus) and in Antarctic sea urchin...