Based on the assumption that invertebrates as well as
vertebrates possess factors regulating hematopoiesis, response to
infection or wounding, studies dealing with the evolution of
immunity have focused on the isolation and characterization of
putative cytokine-related molecules from invertebrates. Until
recently, most of our knowledge of cytokine- and cytokine
receptor-like molecules in invertebrates has relied on functional
assays and similarities at the physicochemical level. As such, a
phylogenetic relationship between invertebrate cytokine-like
molecules and invertebrate counterparts could not be convincingly
demonstrated.
In the present book, recent studies demonstrating cytokine-like
activities and related signaling pathways in invertebrates are
critically reviewed, focusing on findings from molecular biology
and taking advantage of the completion of the genome from the fly
Drosophila and the worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
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