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Phylogenetic origin of xenogeneic recognition

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SINCE Metchnikoff (quoted in ref. 1) showed that amoebocytes, the circulating cells in invertebrates, are capable of phagocytosis1, it has become increasingly apparent that they have various immunological functions. For example, amoebocytes mediate resistance to infection2,3 and rejection of xenogeneic grafts4,5.

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  1. Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 35 Binney Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

    CAROL L. REINISCH

  2. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543

    CAROL L. REINISCH

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REINISCH, C. Phylogenetic origin of xenogeneic recognition. Nature 250, 349–350 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250349a0

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