Cnidarian Immunity and the Repertoire of Defense Mechanisms in Anthozoans

Physiological Characteristics and Environment Adaptability of Reef-Building Corals at the Wuzhizhou Island of South China Sea

(2020) Huili Xu et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

The Microbial Community Associated with Rhizostoma pulmo: Ecological Significance and Potential Consequences for Marine Organisms and Human Health

(2020) Loredana Stabili et al.   Marine Drugs

Bacteria associated with moon jellyfish during bloom and post-bloom periods in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic)

(2019) Maja Kos Kramar et al.   PLoS One

Jellyfish-Associated Microbiome in the Marine Environment: Exploring Its Biotechnological Potential

(2019) Tinkara Tinta et al.   Marine Drugs

Invertebrate allorecognition

(2019) Matthew L. Nicotra   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Jellyfish summer outbreaks as bacterial vectors and potential hazards for marine animals and humans health? The case of Rhizostoma pulmo (Scyphozoa, Cnidaria)

(2019) Lorena Basso et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Symbiotic immuno-suppression: is disease susceptibility the price of bleaching resistance?

(2018) Daniel G. Merselis et al.   PeerJ

Systematic Revision of Symbiodiniaceae Highlights the Antiquity and Diversity of Coral Endosymbionts

(2018) Todd C. LaJeunesse et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Sea anemone model has a single Toll-like receptor that can function in pathogen detection, NF-κB signal transduction, and development

(2017) Joseph J. Brennan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defining the core microbiome of the symbiotic dinoflagellate, Symbiodinium

(2017) Caitlin A. Lawson et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Transcriptome analysis illuminates the nature of the intracellular interaction in a vertebrate-algal symbiosis

(2017) John A Burns et al.   eLife

Seasonal changes in morpho-functional aspects of two Anemonia sulcata (Pennant, 1777) wild populations

(2017) Maria Giovanna Parisi et al.   Marine Biodiversity

The effects of elevated seawater temperatures on Caribbean gorgonian corals and their algal symbionts, Symbiodinium spp.

(2017) Tamar L. Goulet et al.   PLoS One

Intraspecific differences in molecular stress responses and coral pathobiome contribute to mortality under bacterial challenge in Acropora millepora

(2017) Rachel M. Wright et al.   Scientific Reports

Transcription factor NF-κB is modulated by symbiotic status in a sea anemone model of cnidarian bleaching

(2017) Katelyn M. Mansfield et al.   Scientific Reports

Insights into the innate immunome of actiniarians using a comparative genomic approach

(2016) Chloé A. van der Burg et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Specific inflammatory response of Anemonia sulcata (Cnidaria) after bacterial injection causes tissue reaction and enzymatic activity alteration

(2016) M.R. Trapani et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Species-specific control of external superoxide levels by the coral holobiont during a natural bleaching event

(2016) Julia M. Diaz et al.   Nature Communications

Latitudinal Diversity of Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria)

(2016) Daphne Gail Fautin et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Composition of Bacterial Communities Associated with Aurelia aurita Changes with Compartment, Life Stage, and Population

(2015) Nancy Weiland-Bräuer et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Allorecognition Proteins in an Invertebrate Exhibit Homophilic Interactions

(2015) Uma B. Karadge et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Mucus of Actinia equina (Anthozoa, Cnidaria): An Unexplored Resource for Potential Applicative Purposes

(2015) Loredana Stabili et al.   Marine Drugs

Initiating protease with modular domains interacts with β-glucan recognition protein to trigger innate immune response in insects

(2015) Daisuke Takahashi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genome ofAiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

(2015) Sebastian Baumgarten et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microbes in the coral holobiont: partners through evolution, development, and ecological interactions

(2015) Janelle R. Thompson et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Whole transcriptome analysis reveals changes in expression of immune-related genes during and after bleaching in a reef-building coral

(2015) J. H. Pinzon et al.   Royal Society Open Science

MECHANISMS OF IMMUNE RESPONSES IN CNIDARIANS

(2015) Iván Darío Ocampo et al.   ACTA BIOLOGICA COLOMBIANA

Aging and longevity in the simplest animals and the quest for immortality

(2014) Ronald S. Petralia et al.   AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS

Effects of environmental factors on dimethylated sulfur compounds and their potential role in the antioxidant system of the coral holobiont

(2014) E. S. M. Deschaseaux et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Emerging coral diseases: a temperature-driven process?

(2014) Aaron W. Miller et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Thermal Stress Triggers Broad Pocillopora damicornis Transcriptomic Remodeling, while Vibrio coralliilyticus Infection Induces a More Targeted Immuno-Suppression Response

(2014) Jeremie Vidal-Dupiol et al.   PLoS One

Invertebrate extracellular phagocyte traps show that chromatin is an ancient defence weapon

(2014) Calum T. Robb et al.   Nature Communications

Evolution of Innate Immunity: Clues from Invertebrates via Fish to Mammals

(2014) Kurt Buchmann   Frontiers in Immunology

RNAseq versus genome-predicted transcriptomes: a large population of novel transcripts identified in an Illumina-454 Hydra transcriptome

(2013) Yvan Wenger et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The acute transcriptional response of the coral Acropora millepora to immune challenge: expression of GiMAP/IAN genes links the innate immune responses of corals with those of mammals and plants

(2013) Yvonne Weiss et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Diversity and Antibacterial Activity of the Bacterial Communities Associated with Two Mediterranean Sea Pens, Pennatula phosphorea and Pteroeides spinosum (Anthozoa: Octocorallia)

(2013) E. M. D. Porporato et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Temperature-Dependent Inhibition of Opportunistic Vibrio Pathogens by Native Coral Commensal Bacteria

(2013) Beck R. Frydenborg et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

RNA-seq Profiles of Immune Related Genes in the Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis Infected with White Band Disease

(2013) Silvia Libro et al.   PLoS One

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

(2013) Margaret McFall-Ngai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Overview of Complement Activation and Regulation

(2013) Marina Noris et al.   SEMINARS IN NEPHROLOGY

Immune response of the Caribbean sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina, exposed to an Aplanochytrium parasite as revealed by transcriptome sequencing

(2013) Colleen A. Burge et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Regulation of cnidarian–dinoflagellate mutualisms: Evidence that activation of a host TGFβ innate immune pathway promotes tolerance of the symbiont

(2012) Olivier Detournay et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Autotrophic carbon budget in coral tissue: a new 13C-based model of photosynthate translocation

(2012) P. Tremblay et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Sea Anemone (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) Toxins: An Overview

(2012) Bárbara Frazão et al.   Marine Drugs

The Complex NOD-Like Receptor Repertoire of the Coral Acropora digitifera Includes Novel Domain Combinations

(2012) Mayuko Hamada et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

New Insights into the Evolution of Metazoan Tyrosinase Gene Family

(2012) Rosaria Esposito et al.   PLoS One

Enzyme activity demonstrates multiple pathways of innate immunity in Indo-Pacific anthozoans

(2012) C. V. Palmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Towards an integrated network of coral immune mechanisms

(2012) C. V. Palmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bacterial assemblages shifts from healthy to yellow band disease states in the dominant reef coralMontastraea faveolata

(2012) Aldo Cróquer et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defense

(2012) Esra Birben et al.   World Allergy Organization Journal

Symbiosis and development: The hologenome concept

(2011) Eugene Rosenberg et al.   BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH PART C-EMBRYO TODAY-REVIEWS

Trained Immunity: A Memory for Innate Host Defense

(2011) Mihai G. Netea et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Diversity and dynamics of bacterial communities in early life stages of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides

(2011) Koty H Sharp et al.   ISME Journal

Viruses of reef-building scleractinian corals

(2011) Rebecca L. Vega Thurber et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change

(2011) Chuya Shinzato et al.   NATURE

Corals Use Similar Immune Cells and Wound-Healing Processes as Those of Higher Organisms

(2011) Caroline V. Palmer et al.   PLoS One

Apoptosis and the selective survival of host animals following thermal bleaching in zooxanthellate corals

(2011) D. Tchernov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Development of a sea anemone toxin as an immunomodulator for therapy of autoimmune diseases

(2011) Victor Chi et al.   TOXICON

Adaptations to Endosymbiosis in a Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Association: Differential Gene Expression and Specific Gene Duplications

(2011) Philippe Ganot et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genomic Survey of Candidate Stress-Response Genes in the Estuarine Anemone Nematostella vectensis

(2010) Adam M. Reitzel et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

High amino acid diversity and positive selection at a putative coral immunity gene (tachylectin-2)

(2010) Marshall L Hayes et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The complement system

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Evolution of thioester-containing proteins revealed by cloning and characterization of their genes from a cnidarian sea anemone, Haliplanella lineate

(2010) Naoko T. Fujito et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Analysis of evolutionarily conserved innate immune components in coral links immunity and symbiosis

(2010) E. Charlotte E. Kvennefors et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Coral immunology and resistance to disease

(2010) KC Reed et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

First evidence of laccase activity in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas

(2010) Andrea Luna-Acosta et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

The evolution of the immune-type gene family Rhamnospondin in cnidarians

(2010) Javier A. López et al.   GENE

Vibrio communis sp. nov., isolated from the marine animals Mussismilia hispida, Phyllogorgia dilatata, Palythoa caribaeorum, Palythoa variabilis and Litopenaeus vannamei

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The dynamic genome of Hydra

(2010) Jarrod A. Chapman et al.   NATURE

Extracellular Production and Degradation of Superoxide in the Coral Stylophora pistillata and Cultured Symbiodinium

(2010) Eldad Saragosti et al.   PLoS One

Proteolytic cascades and their involvement in invertebrate immunity

(2010) Lage Cerenius et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Invertebrate Allorecognition: The Origins of Histocompatibility

(2009) Larry J. Dishaw et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Identification of a kazal-type serine protease inhibitor with potent anti-staphylococcal activity as part of Hydra's innate immune system

(2009) René Augustin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The transcriptome of the colonial marine hydroid Hydractinia echinata

(2009) Jorge Soza-Ried et al.   FEBS Journal

Multi-component complement system of Cnidaria: C3, Bf, and MASP genes expressed in the endodermal tissues of a sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

(2009) Ayuko Kimura et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Response of two species of Indo-Pacific corals, Porites cylindrica and Stylophora pistillata, to short-term thermal stress: The host does matter in determining the tolerance of corals to bleaching

(2009) W.K. Fitt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Coral Fluorescent Proteins as Antioxidants

(2009) Caroline V. Palmer et al.   PLoS One

Discovery and characterization of cnidarian peptide toxins that affect neuronal potassium ion channels

(2009) Olga Castañeda et al.   TOXICON

Unexpected diversity of cnidarian integrins: expression during coral gastrulation

(2008) Brent A Knack et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

An ancient and variable mannose-binding lectin from the coral Acropora millepora binds both pathogens and symbionts

(2008) E. Charlotte E. Kvennefors et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: The simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence

(2008) Thomas C.G. Bosch et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The role of microorganisms in coral bleaching

(2008) Eugene Rosenberg et al.   ISME Journal

Cellular mechanisms of Cnidarian bleaching: stress causes the collapse of symbiosis

(2008) V. M. Weis   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Differential gene expression during thermal stress and bleaching in the Caribbean coralMontastraea faveolata

(2008) M. K. DESALVO et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Phylogenetic relationships among sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria)

(2008) M. Daly et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Cellular Responses in Sea Fan Corals: Granular Amoebocytes React to Pathogen and Climate Stressors

(2008) Laura D. Mydlarz et al.   PLoS One

Evidence of an inflammatory-like response in non-normally pigmented tissues of two scleractinian corals

(2008) C. V Palmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES