Invertebrate Immune Responses

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Biochemistry and Physiology of Invertebrate Macrophages In Vitro

   • Robert S. Anderson

   Pages 1-20

3. Biochemical and Ultrastructural Evidence for the Double Role of Phagocytosis in Molluscs: Defense and Nutrition

   • Thomas C. Cheng

   Pages 21-30

4. Roles of Mytilus coruscus and Crassostrea gigas Blood Cells in Defense and Nutrition

   • S. Y. Feng, J. S. Feng, T. Yamasu

   Pages 31-67

5. Immune Responses in the Earthworm, Aporrectodea trapezoides (Annelida), Against Rhabditis pellio (Nematoda)

   • George O. Poinar Jr., Roberta T. Hess

   Pages 69-84

6. Induction and Effector Mechanisms of Insect Immunity

   • June Stephens Chadwick

   Pages 85-102

7. Insect Host Responses Against Parasitoids and the Parasitoid’s Resistance: With Emphasis on the Lepidoptera-Hymenoptera Association

   • S. Bradleigh Vinson

   Pages 103-125

8. Hemocytes and Phagocytosis in the American Lobster, Homarus Americanus

   • Harriette C. Schapiro, James F. Steenbergen, Zoe A. Fitzgerald

   Pages 127-133

9. Cellular Responses in Decapod Crustaceans to Ascarophis spp. (Spirurida: Nematoda)

   • George O. Poinar Jr., Roberta T. Hess

   Pages 135-154

10. Comparative Ultrastructural Studies of Cellular Immune Reactions and Tumorigenesis in Drosophila

    • A. J. Nappi

    Pages 155-188

11. Back Matter

    Pages 189-192

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This represents the third volume of the series entitled Comparative PathobioZogy. The chapters included represent the proceedings of a symposium held at Oregon State University, Corvallis, on August 16-22, 1975. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Society for Invertebrate Pathology (SIP) and the American Society of Zoologists (ASZ). In recent years there has been an impressive increase in interest in comparative immunology, i. e. , a comparative approach to understanding how animals, both vertebrates and invertebrates, defend themselves against nonself materials. Ever since Metchnikoff's pioneering studies during the late l800s on the role of phagocytes of invertebrates, which led to his theory of cellular immunity, invertebrates have been employed with increasing fre­ quency for studying cellular defense. Consequently, it is not surprising that included in the memberships of SIP and ASZ are a large number of individuals with an active interest in this area of research. As indicated by the chapters included in this volume, the animal models employed have been primarily molluscs and insects, although crustaceans and annelids have also been popular.

• Crustacea
• animals
• insects
• invertebrates
• vertebrates

• United State Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, USA

  Lee A. Bulla

• Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA

  Thomas C. Cheng

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