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Fall 2013
In response to pathogens, immune cells induce protective effector functions, such as degranulation, phagocytosis and cytokine secretion, which are initiated by stimulatory or inhibitory immunoregulatory receptors expressed on leukocytes. Using a fish immunological model system, the focus of my...
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Examination of the signalling properties and ligand-binding potential of stimulatory leukocyte immune-type receptors (IpLITRs) in the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
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Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus, Rafinesque, 1818) leukocyte immune-type receptors (IpLITRs) are a family of proteins sharing structural and phylogenetic relationships with mammalian immune receptors. Based on their predicted signalling potential and ligand-binding properties, IpLITRs may be...
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Fall 2020
Antigen-specific recognition and memory, the hallmarks of conventional mammalian adaptive immunity, are found in all jawed vertebrates along with all elements central to cognate adaptive immune responses (e.g. B-cells). During T-cell-dependent humoral immune responses in mammals, antigen-specific...