Novel Role for Animal Innate Immune Molecules: Enterotoxic Activity of a Snail Egg MACPF-Toxin

Novel Role for Animal Innate Immune Molecules: Enterotoxic Activity of a Snail Egg MACPF-Toxin

Gastropod Molluscs rely exclusively on the innate immune system to protect from pathogens, defending their embryos through maternally transferred effectors. In this regard, Pomacea snail eggs, in addition to immune defenses, have evolved the perivitellin-2 or PV2 combining two immune proteins into a...

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Main Authors: Matías L. Giglio, Santiago Ituarte, Andrés E. Ibañez, Marcos S. Dreon, Eduardo Prieto, Patricia E. Fernández, Horacio Heras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Pomacea maculata
snail reproduction
PV2
intestinal morphology
antipredator defense
AB toxin
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00428/full

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