coelomocyte

[′sē·lō·mə‚sīt]

(invertebrate zoology)

A corpuscle, including amebocytes and eleocytes, in the coelom of certain animals, especially annelids.

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Animals, Coelomocyte Counting, and Bacterial Challenge

Cloning and expression analysis of allograft inflammatory factor type 1 in coelomocytes of antarctic sea urchin (Sterechinus neumayeri)

Given the importance of a homeostatic balance of apoptosis in immunity, regulation of coelomocyte apoptosis could be significant to the sipunculan immune system, and several environmental factors could have an impact on the coelomocytes, thus triggering the apoptotic program.

Hydrogen peroxide induces apoptotic-like cell death in coelomocytes of Themiste petricola (sipuncula)

2001; Brooks and Wessel, 2002), but it lacks any obvious structural evidence for coelomocyte transfer to the germinal epithelium of either sex.

Nutritive phagocyte incubation chambers provide a structural and nutritive microenvironment for germ cells of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, the green sea urchin

We have previously shown that the drug BDM displaces the Arp2/3 complex from the coelomocyte edge and results in a retraction of the actin dendritic meshwork.

Actin-mediated retrograde flow in sea urchin coelomocytes: conversion from a lamellipodial-dominated to a filopodial-dominated form

1996), and 1L-1-like molecules have been shown to stimulate echinoderm coelomocyte aggregation, which occurs in encapsulation (Beck and Habicht, 1991).

Morula Cells as the Major Immunomodulatory Hemocytes in Ascidians: Evidences From the Colonial Species Botryllus schlosseri

This lack of coelomocyte plugging may reflect the rapid closure of the relatively limited wound by the contraction of the circular muscles of the tubule peduncle.

Maintaining the Line of Defense: Regeneration of Cuvierian Tubules in the Sea Cucumber Holothuria forskali (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea)

Moreover, IL-1 stimulates phagocytosis and the proliferation of coelomocytes in invertebrate systems (Beck and Habicht, 1991).

Dynamics of cytokine-like activity in the hyperplasic ovary of ex-fissiparous planarians

Genotoxicity assessment of cobalt chloride in Eisenia hortensis earthworms coelomocytes by comet assay and micronucleus test.

DNA Damage, Total Antioxidant and Oxidant Status in Gunshot Wounded Wild Falcons

Mitochondrial mass and membrane potential in coelomocytes from the earthworm Eisenia foetida: studies with fluorescent probes in single intact cells.

Endoenzymes and mitochondrial membrane potential associated with hemocyte types in Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Lysosomal response of earthworm (Eisenia foetida), coelomocytes to the fungicide copper oxychloride and relation to life-cycle.

Funcionalidades biologicas de Passiflora maliformis del sur Macizo Colombiano

Coelomocytes scarce, flat, oval, 14-20 um long and 9 [micro]m wide, granulate, with nucleus.

Estonian Enchytraeidae 4. Sublittoral Enchytraeidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) in the eastern Baltic Sea/Eesti valgeliimuklased (Enchytraeidae) 4. Laanemere idaosa sublitoraali valgeliimuklased (Annelida, Oligochaeta)

Evolution of the acute phase response: iron release by echinoderm (Asterias forbesi) coelomocytes, and cloning of an echinoderm ferritin molecule.