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. 1992 Oct;12(5):455-62.
doi: 10.1007/BF00711546.

The presence of immunoreactive vertebrate bioactive peptide substances in hemocytes of the freshwater snail Viviparus ater (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)

E Ottaviani  1 , A Franchini, P Fontanili
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The presence of immunoreactive vertebrate bioactive peptide substances in hemocytes of the freshwater snail Viviparus ater (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)

E Ottaviani et al. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1992 Oct.

Abstract

1. Using an immunocytochemical procedure a wide range of immunoreactive vertebrate bioactive peptides (BAPs) has been found in hemocytes of Viviparus ater: bombesin, calcitonin, CCK-8, CCK-39, GH, glucagon, insulin, oxytocin, neurotensin, secretin, serotonin, somatostatin, substance P, vasopressin, and VIP. 2. No immunostaining was observed for antigastrin and antithyroglobulin antibodies. 3. The presence of BAP-like molecules in hemocytes suggests a correlation between hemocyte and APUD cells and is evidence of a relationship between the neuroendocrine and the immune systems.

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