The same or relatively similar molecules seen in molluscan defense responses are also found inmammals, where their functions remain basically similar. The mollusc immunocytes are able torecognize a variety of stimuli and to set up correspondingly complex responses, in which primitive, but very efficient, forms of immune and neuroendocrine responses are intermixed. Thus, invertebrates could represent an ideal alternative in studying mammalian complexity from an immunoneuroendocrinepoint of view.
The mollusc as a suitable model for mammalian immune-neuroendocrine investigations / Ottaviani, Enzo. - In: INVERTEBRATE SURVIVAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 1824-307X. - ELETTRONICO. - 1:(2004), pp. 2-4.
The mollusc as a suitable model for mammalian immune-neuroendocrine investigations
OTTAVIANI, Enzo
2004
Abstract
The same or relatively similar molecules seen in molluscan defense responses are also found inmammals, where their functions remain basically similar. The mollusc immunocytes are able torecognize a variety of stimuli and to set up correspondingly complex responses, in which primitive, but very efficient, forms of immune and neuroendocrine responses are intermixed. Thus, invertebrates could represent an ideal alternative in studying mammalian complexity from an immunoneuroendocrinepoint of view.
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