Sub-populations of haemocytes in the adult and developing marine mussel, Mytilus edulis , identified by use of monoclonal antibodies

• Published in: Cell and tissue research Vol. 289; no. 3; pp. 527 - 536
• Main Authors: Dyrynda, E. A., Pipe, R. K., Ratcliffe, N. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.09.1997
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Antibody Specificity; Bivalvia - physiology; Blotting, Western; Cytoplasmic Granules - immunology; Cytoplasmic Granules - ultrastructure; Hemocytes - classification; Hemocytes - cytology; Hemocytes - immunology; Immunohistochemistry; Larva - cytology; Microscopy, Immunoelectron; Phagocytosis - physiology

Monoclonal antibodies specific for haemocyte sub-populations in the mussel, Mytilus edulis, were raised by use of separated basophilic and eosinophilic cell types as antigens. The antibodies could be broadly divided into 3 groups, reactive with sub-populations of (1) basophilic granular haemocytes,...