The tunichromes constitute a series of compounds isolated from the blood cells of ascidians,
marine invertebrates that form the major class of the subphylum Urochordata (Tunicata) …

In order to find immune-relevant factors responsible for virus resistance and response to the
virus infection, the suppression subtractive hybridisation method was employed to identify …

The vacuoles of morula cells (MC) of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri contain
phenoloxidase (PO). As the release of their vacuolar content at the border of incompatible …

The role of morula cells (MC) in the formation of necrotic regions characterizing the rejection
reaction between incompatible (ie nonfusible) colonies was investigated in the colonial …

When genetically incompatible colonies of the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
contact each other, a rejection reaction occurs, characterised by the appearance of cytotoxic …

Ascidians, which are classified as urochordata, appear to employ a primitive system of host
defense that is considered to be a prototype of vertebrate innate immunity. We performed a …

The hemolymph of ascidians (Chordata-Tunicata) contains different types of hemocytes
embedded in a liquid plasma. In the present study, heparin and a sulfated …

Tunicate hemocytes are the subject of a vast scientific literature which, in the majority of
cases, deals with ascidian hemocytes. Circulating cells comprise undifferentiated cells …

Hemocytes of the solitary ascidian Halocynthia roretzi released phenoloxidase in response
to sheep red blood cells and yeast cells but not to latex beads. Phenoloxidase was also …

We investigated the role of phenoloxidases (POs) in ascidians inflammatory reaction, a
components of a copper-containing protein family involved in invertebrate immune system …