Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: the simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence.
Bosch TC, Augustin R, Anton-Erxleben F, Fraune S, Hemmrich G, Zill H, Rosenstiel P, Jacobs G, Schreiber S, Leippe M, Stanisak M. Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: the simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 2009 Apr 1;33(4):559-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2008.10.004
Plasticity of epithelial cell shape in response to upstream signals: a whole-organism study using transgenic Hydra.
Anton-Erxleben F, Thomas A, Wittlieb J, Fraune S, Bosch TC. Plasticity of epithelial cell shape in response to upstream signals: a whole-organism study using transgenic Hydra. Zoology. 2009 May 15;112(3):185-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2008.09.002
Long-term maintenance of species-specific bacterial microbiota in the basal metazoan Hydra.
Fraune S, Bosch TCG (2007); Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 104(32):13146-51. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703375104
Allorecognition in urochordates: identification of a highly variable complement receptor-like protein expressed in follicle cells of Ciona.
Kurn U, Sommer F, Hemmrich G, Bosch T C, Khalturin K (2007); Dev Comp Immunol., 31(4):360-371. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2006.06.008
In the urochordate Ciona intestinalis zona pellucida domain proteins vary among individuals.
Kurn U, Sommer F, Bosch T C, Khalturin K (2006); Developmental and comparative immunology, 31(12): 1242-1254. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.03.011
Transgenic Hydra allow in vivo tracking of individual stem cells during morphogenesis.
Wittlieb J, Khalturin K, Lohmann J, Anton-Erxleben F, Bosch T C G (2006); Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103(16):6208-6211. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0510163103