Biological and Immunological Aspects of Innate Defence Mechanisms Activated by (1,3)- β -Glucans and Related Polysaccharides in Invertebrates

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Burlington, MA : Academic Press, 2009
2009
English.
In: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biology of (1-›3)-β-Glucans and Related Polysaccharides.. - Burlington, MA : Academic Press. - 9780123739711 ; , s. 563-577

Abstract Subject headings

(1,3)- β -glucans are powerful stimulants of a wide variety of innate defence reactions in invertebrates. These polysaccharides exert a great influence on reactions such as induction of antimicrobial peptides, cellular defence such as encapsulation and phagocytosis, and on the melanization and coagulation cascades. In most cases, these reactions set up an effective defence against microorganisms containing (1,3)- β -glucans or (1,3;1,6)- β -glucans in their outer structures (i.e. mainly fungi and oomycetes).

By the author/editor: Cerenius, Lage; Kawabata, Shun-i ...; Söderhäll, Kenne ...

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NATURAL SCIENCES: NATURAL SCIENCES; and Biological Scien ...; and Immunology

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