Evidence for memory in invertebrate immunity
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- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 425 (6953) , 37-38
- https://doi.org/10.1038/425037a
Abstract
Acquired immunity in vertebrates is characterized by immunological memory and specificity, whereas the innate defence systems of invertebrates are assumed to have no specific memory1,2,3. Here we use a model system of a copepod, which is a minute crustacean, and a parasitic tapeworm to show that the success of reinfection depends on the antigenic resemblance between the consecutively encountered parasites. This finding indicates that an invertebrate defence system may be capable of specific memory.Keywords
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