Immune responses to infectious diseases in bivalves

B Allam, D Raftos - Journal of invertebrate pathology, 2015 - Elsevier
Many species of bivalve mollusks (phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia) are important in
fisheries and aquaculture, whilst others are critical to ecosystem structure and function …

Immune and stress responses in oysters with insights on adaptation

X Guo, Y He, L Zhang, C Lelong, A Jouaux - Fish & shellfish immunology, 2015 - Elsevier
Oysters are representative bivalve molluscs that are widely distributed in world oceans. As
successful colonizers of estuaries and intertidal zones, oysters are remarkably resilient …

The genome of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas brings new insights on the massive expansion of the C1q gene family in Bivalvia

M Gerdol, P Venier, A Pallavicini - Developmental & Comparative …, 2015 - Elsevier
C1q domain-containing (C1qDC) proteins are regarded as important players in the innate
immunity of bivalve mollusks and other invertebrates and their highly adaptive binding …

The complexity of apoptotic cell death in mollusks: An update

A Romero, B Novoa, A Figueras - Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2015 - Elsevier
Apoptosis is a type of programmed cell death that produces changes in cell morphology and
in biochemical intracellular processes without inflammatory reactions. The components of …

Phylogenetic analysis of the caspase family in bivalves: implications for programmed cell death, immune response and development

S Vogeler, S Carboni, X Li, A Joyce - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Apoptosis is an important process for an organism's innate immune system to
respond to pathogens, while also allowing for cell differentiation and other essential life …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA-mediated stress response in bivalve species

HG Abo-Al-Ela, C Faggio - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Bivalve mollusks are important aquatic organisms, which are used for biological monitoring
because of their abundance, ubiquitous nature, and abilities to adapt to different …

High throughput sequencing of small RNAs transcriptomes in two Crassostrea oysters identifies microRNAs involved in osmotic stress response

X Zhao, H Yu, L Kong, S Liu, Q Li - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Increasing evidence suggests that microRNAs post-transcriptionally regulate gene
expression and are involved in responses to biotic and abiotic stress. However, the role of …

Genes of the Mitochondrial Apoptotic Pathway in Mytilus galloprovincialis

N Estevez-Calvar, A Romero, A Figueras, B Novoa - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Bivalves play vital roles in marine, brackish, freshwater and terrestrial habitats. In recent
years, these ecosystems have become affected through anthropogenic activities. The …

Bonamia parasites: a rapidly changing perspective on a genus of important mollusc pathogens

MY Engelsma, SC Culloty, SA Lynch, I Arzul… - Diseases of Aquatic …, 2014 - int-res.com
Organisms of the genus Bonamia are intracellular protistan parasites of oysters. To date, 4
species have been described (B. ostreae, B. exitiosa, B. perspora and B. roughleyi) …

A single genomic region involving a putative chromosome rearrangement in flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) is associated with differential host resilience to the parasite …

IM Sambade, A Casanova, A Blanco… - Evolutionary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) is an ecologically and economically important marine
bivalve, that has been severely affected by the intracellular parasite Bonamia ostreae. In this …