X-cells

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Protozoa incertae sedis
Group: X-cells

Name

X-cells Brooks et al., 1969

References

• Alpers, C.E., Cam, B.B., Myers, M., Wellings, S.R., Poore, M., Bagshaw, J., Dawe, C.J. 1977. Pathologic anatomy of pseudobranch tumors in Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus. J. Nat. Cancer. Inst. 59: 377–398
• Brooks, R.E., McArn, G.E., Wellings, S.R. 1969. Ultrastructural observations on an unidentfied cell type found in epidermal tumors of flounders. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 43: 97–109.
• Dawe, C.J. 1981. Polyoma tumors in mice and X-cell tumors in fish, viewed through telescope and microscope. In: Phyletic Approaches to Cancer (ed. by C.J. Dawe, L.C. Harshbarger, S. Kondo, T. Sugimura & S. Takayama), pp.l9-49. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo.
• Dawe, C.J., Bagshaw, J., Poore, C.M. 1979. Amebic pseudotumors in pseudobranch of Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus. Proc. Am. Cancer Res. 20:245.
• Freeman et al. 2011. Molecular identification and transmission studies of X-cell parasites from Atlantic cod Gadus morhua (Gadiformes: Gadidae) and the northern black flounder Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae). Parasites & Vectors 4: 15, [1].
• Myers, M.S., Hedrick, R.P., Devlin, R.H. 2000. Molecular detection and phylogenetic placement of a microsporidian from English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus) affected by X-cell pseudotumors. J Parasitol. 86: 867–871.
• Peters, N., Schmidt, W., Kranz, H. 1983. Nuclear inclusions in the X-cells of skin papillomas of Pacific flatfish. Fish Dis. 6: 533–536.
• Miwa, S., C. Nakayasu, T. Kamaishi Y. Yoshiura 2004. X-cells in fish pseudotumors are parasitic protozoans. Dis. Aquat. Org., 58, 165-170.
• Shinkawa, T. & F. Yamazaki 1987. Proliferative patterns of X-cells found in the tumorous lesions of Japanese goby. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi, 53, 563-568.

Links

• ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• fishparasite.fs.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp