Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2010;708:44-65. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8059-5_3.
Bivalves are comprised of animals unclosed in two shell valves, such as mussels oysters, scallops and clams. There are about 7,500 bivalve species and some ofthem are of commercial importance. Recently, interest in bivalve immunity has increased due to the importance in worldwide aquaculture and their role in aquatic environmental science and their position in phylogenetic research. This chapter provides a short review of bivalve immunity, including cellular and humoral immunity and the key components and the interactions involved in humoral immunity.
双壳类动物由两个未封闭的贝壳瓣组成,如贻贝、牡蛎、扇贝和蛤蜊。双壳类动物约有 7500 种,其中一些具有商业重要性。最近,由于全球水产养殖的重要性以及它们在水生环境科学中的作用和在系统发育研究中的地位,双壳类动物的免疫受到了关注。本章简要综述了双壳类动物的免疫,包括细胞免疫和体液免疫,以及体液免疫涉及的关键成分和相互作用。