Short Communication
Open Access
The Problem of Sea Star Thrombocytes and Platlets in Asterias Rubens T.E.M and Genomic Observations
Michel Leclerc
Immunology of Invertebrates, Orléans University, France
Michel Leclerc. The Problem of Sea Star Thrombocytes and Platlets in Asterias Rubens T.E.M and Genomic Observations. J Immunol Res Infect Dis. (2022);2(1): 1-3
Abstract
Sea star Axial organ (A.O) cells were observed in T.EM. The axial organ has been described by us as a primitive
lymphoïd organ in the years 1970. Sea star lymphocytes, platelets, have already been observed in previous works .
They are smaller in diameter (4 to 5μ) than Vertebrate ones It seems to us that Thrombocytes exist also in this Invertebrate
(TEM observations) Genomics asserts this last data.
Keywords
Invertebrates; Sea star; Lymphocytes; Thrombocytes; Platelets