Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Volume 19, Issue 2, February 2004, Pages 58-60
Research FocusEcological and evolutionary implications of immunological priming in invertebrates
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Conclusion
Both vertebrates and invertebrates exhibit immunological priming. The highly sophisticated priming system of vertebrates (i.e. acquired immunity) is well understood both functionally and mechanistically. So far, invertebrate immunological priming is known only from phenomenological studies of whole organisms, and its mechanistic basis is not known. The genes and enzyme cascades of the invertebrate immune system are rapidly being elucidated 17, 18, 19, 20, just not yet for priming effects.
Acknowledgements
We thank Jaap DeRoode, Julia Ferrari, Andrew Read, Bregje Wertheim and three referees for comments on this article.
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