Evidence of low affinity immunoglobulin epsilon Fc receptor gene in an invertebrate: The sea star Asterias rubens

Asterias rubens: Evidence of NF-kappa B genes

In the present paper we show a survey of the Asterias rubens sea star genome for genes associated with NF-kappa-B proteins implied in the immune response. The NF-kappa B gene, into 2 subunits, was found in this invertebrate.

Evidence of Irf4 Gene, Irf2, Irf8 Genes in an Invertebrate: The Sea Star Asterias rubens

IRF4 gene, IRF2 and IRF8 genes have been studied in sea star which is the only invertebrate, to possess these factors, playing a rôle in the immune adaptative immunity of A. rubens. Evidence of Irf4 Gene, Irf2, Irf8 Genes in an Invertebrate: The Sea Star Asterias rubens Michel Leclerc1* and Nicolas Kresdorn2 1Department of Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology, University of Orléans, ...

The TNFR In Asterias rubens Sea Star: Genomic Studies

The sea star Asterias rubens includes TNFR, in its genome, when compared to mouse one: mouse isoform 2 of TNF AIP3-interacting protein 1, mouse TNF receptor-associated factor 2, mouse TNF receptor-associated factor 3, mouse TNF receptor-associated factor 4, mouse TNF receptor-associated factor 6. Many of these factors are bound to NF Kappa -B genes which have recently been isolated in the Aster...

Evidence of Il2 and Il6 Genes in the Crinoïd: Antedon bifida (Echinodermata)

This report shows for the first time, the evidence of IL6 gene in an Echinodermata, so in an Invertebrate. It recalls also the existence of IL2 gene, we have found also in the Ophuirid: Ophiocomina nigra, the sister of the Asterid: Asterias rubens. All these animals belong to Echinodermata.

Cell-Mediated and Humoral Immune Responses in the Sea-Star Asterias Rubens (Echinoderm): Notion of Invertebrate Primitive Antibody