The Origin of Mucosal Immunity: Lessons from the Holobiont Hydra
Historically, mucosal immunity—i.e., the portion of the immune system that protects an organism’s various mucous membranes from invasion by potentially pathogenic microbes—has been studied in single-cell epithelia in the gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tracts of vertebrates. Phylogenetically,...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090036/ |