TY  - JOUR
AU  - Leclerc, Michel 
AU  - Otten, Patricia 
PY  - 2013
TI  - Evidence of Interleukin Genes in the Sea-Star: Asterias rubens (Echinoderma)
JF  - American Journal of Immunology
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.3844/ajisp.2013.65.67
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajisp.2013.65.67
AB  - The axial organ of the sea star Asterias rubens is a primitive immune organ the sea star T lymphocytes, when stimulated by various lectins, produce lymphokin-like substances with mitogenic properties as shown in earlier studies; they are correlated with Interleukin genes.