Recent evidence has demonstrated the unique properties of the innate immune system,
known as innate immune memory, immune priming, or trained immunity. These properties …

Through the widespread implementation of next-generation sequencing (NGS), analyses of
the whole genome (the entire DNA content) and the whole transcriptome (the genes being …

The Echinodermata are an ancient phylum of benthic marine invertebrates with a dispersal-
stage planktonic larva. These animals have innate immune systems characterized initially by …

Discoveries made over the past ten years have provided evidence that invertebrate
antiparasitic responses may be primed in a sustainable manner, leading to the failure of a …

Technical limitations have hindered comprehensive studies of highly variable immune
response molecules that are thought to have evolved due to pathogen-mediated selection …

Invertebrate animals are characterized by extraordinary diversity in terms of body plan, life
history and life span. The past impression that invertebrate immune responses are …

Encyclopedia of Immunobiology, Five Volume Set provides the largest integrated source of
immunological knowledge currently available. It consists of broad ranging, validated …

Comparative immunology, studying both vertebrates and invertebrates, provided the earliest
descriptions of phagocytosis as a general immune mechanism. However, the large scale of …

Background Host immune function can contribute to numerous ecological/evolutionary
processes. Ecoimmunological studies, however, typically use one/few phenotypic immune …

Summary Ostreid herpesvirus type 1 (OsHV‐1) has become a problematic infective agent for
the P acific oyster C rassostrea gigas. In particular, the OsHV‐1 μVar subtype has been …