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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 02:15Injection of Caterpillars with Collection Solution
- 04:06Extraction of Hemocytes
- 05:18Quantification of Hemocytes
- 06:32Representative Results
- 06:48Conclusion
Insect hemocytes carry out many important functions, both immune and non-immune, throughout all stages of insect development. Our present knowledge of hemocyte types and function comes from studies on insect genetic models. Here, we present a method for extracting, quantifying and visualizing hemocytes from wild caterpillars.
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HemocytesWild CaterpillarsInsect Immune ResponseLymph GlandEmbryonic HemocytesLarval StagesInsect Innate Immune ResponseCell MigrationChemotaxis RegulationCell ApoptosisEmbryogenesisCell SpreadingCell AggregationNodules FormationPhagocytosisEncapsulationAntimicrobial PeptidesEffector MoleculesHemocyte MorphologyHemocyte FunctionNon-model Insect Species
