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American Zoologist 1983 23(1):145-156; doi:10.1093/icb/23.1.145
© 1983 by The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
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Inflammatory Responses in Annelids1

ELIZABETH A. STEIN and EDWIN L. COOPER
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California Los'Angeles, California 90024

The cellular inflammatory responses of annelids, which include chemotaxis, phagocytosis, encapsulation, and various phases of wound healing, are effected by coelomocytes, particularly the hyaline amoebocytes. Coelomic epithelial cells and specialized nephridial cells also participate in phagocytosis. A number of factors related to inflammation in vertebrates have been identified in annelids, i.e., histamine, kallikrein, lysosomal enzymes, agglutinins, lysins and antibacterial substances. However, their precise function in annelid inflammatory responses has yet to be determined.


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