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Insect hemocytes and their role in immunity.

M. Lavine, M. Strand

2002.10.1INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(02)00092-9

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The cellular immune responses of insects are discussed with emphasis on studies in Lepidoptera and Diptera, where most cellular defense responses involve granular cells and plasmatocytes, whereas in Drosophila they involve primarily plasMatocytes and lamellocytes.

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LAVINE, M.; STRAND, M. Insect hemocytes and their role in immunity. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2002, 32 10: 1295–309.