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The insect, Galleria mellonella, is a compatible model for evaluating the toxicology of okadaic acid

The polyether toxin, okadaic acid, causes diarrhetic shellfish poisoning in humans. Despite extensive research into its cellular targets using rodent models, we know little about its putative effect(s) on innate immunity. We inoculated larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, with physio...

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Autores principales: Coates, Christopher J., Lim, Jenson, Harman, Katie, Rowley, Andrew F., Griffiths, David J., Emery, Helena, Layton, Will
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6556153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30426330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10565-018-09448-2