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Lectins: Models of Natural and Induced Molecules in Invertebrates

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Invertebrate Immune Responses

Part of the book series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology ((COMPARATIVE,volume 24))

Abstract

The defence molecules of the humoural “immune repertoire” reflect the internal organization of an organism and its interactions with non-self to ensure its integrity and proliferation in the environment. Such interactions may vary from interdependence or mutualism to competition, parasitism and pathogenicity. Thus, a comparative study of molecules involved in defence reactions must consider both the pathogen and the host in question. Moreover, it is not possible to understand the function of defence molecules, whether they are acting in recognition, modulation or signalling, without regard to their interplay with other components of the immune system.

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