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Rodent Immune System, Development of the

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Encyclopedic Reference of Immunotoxicology

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Murine immune system, mouse immune system, rat immune system

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Our understanding of cells and tissues that make up the immune system of vertebrates came from seminal studies of avian species. However, rodents have become the animal model of choice for studies of immunocompetence, and most of our knowledge of the development of the immune system has come from studies using mice or rats. The rodent immune system develops through a set of critical windows of vulnerability during embryonic and adult life that can be used for evaluating effects of environmental exposure to potentially toxic compounds (1). Most of the information in this review comes from studies of mice and, in all cases tested, closely parallels that found in other rodents, including rats.

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Embryonic development. Embryonic development of the immune system in rodents initiates with formation of multipotential hematopoietic stem cells(HSC) in intraembryonic spanchnoplure surrounding the...

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA

    Kenneth S. Landreth

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  1. PH-PD, Toxicology, Bayer HealthCare AG, Aprather Weg 18a, D-42096, Wuppertal, Germany

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Landreth, K.S. (2005). Rodent Immune System, Development of the. In: Vohr, HW. (eds) Encyclopedic Reference of Immunotoxicology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27806-0_1297

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