Immunocytochemical demonstration of a humoral defence factor in blood cells (amoebocytes) of the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis
- 1 August 1981
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cell and tissue research
- Vol. 219 (2) , 291-296
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00210149
Abstract
Monolayers of blood cells (amoebocytes) and sections of connective tissue and of amoebocyte pellets of the freshwater pulmonate gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis were stained immunocytochemically with antisera to snail agglutinin/opsonin. The presence of this substance was demonstrated light microscopically both in the cytoplasm and on the cell membrane of amoebocytes. This suggests that amoebocytes synthesize agglutinin/opsonin, and bear it at their surface as receptors for foreign materials.Keywords
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