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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 178, Issue 8, Pages 4711-4716Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.8.4711
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In Drosophila melanogaster larvae, three classes of circulating cellular immune surveillance cells (hemocytes) can be identified: plasmatocytes, crystal cells, and lamellocytes. Plasmatocytes are profiessional phagocytes most similar to the mammalian monocyte/macrophage lineage and make up similar to 95% of circulating hemocytes. The other similar to 5% of circulating hemocytes consists of crystal cells, which secrete components necessary for the melanization of invading organisms, as well as for wound repair. A third cell type known as lamellocytes are rarely seen in healthy larvae and are involved in the encapsulation of invading pathogens. There are no obvious mammalian counterparts for crystal cells or lamellocytes, and there is no equivalent to the lymphoid lineage in insects. In this review, I will discuss what is currently known about Drosophila hemopoiesis and the cellular immune response and where possible compare it to vertebrate mechanisms.
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