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The receptor hypothesis of protein ingestion

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Antigen Absorption by the Gut

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Brambell (1970) has thoroughly reviewed the investigations carried out up to 1968 on the transmission of passive immunity from mother to young in mammals, and consideration of the results pertaining to the rabbit and rodents enabled the formulation of the Brambell Receptor Hypothesis. Until then, the development of this hypothesis had spanned two decades, the first of which culminated in 1958 with the statement of the hypothesis in its original form (Brambell, Halliday and Morris, 1958). The second decade saw several restatements of the hypothesis in the light of new evidence (Brambell, 1963; Brambell, Hemmings and Morris, 1964; Brambell, 1966), and terminated in 1970 with a full evaluation of the hypothesis (Brambell, 1970). At that time, the originator of the hypothesis believed that it left many questions unanswered and would inevitably have to be modified and adapted to further advances.

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  1. Agricultural Research Council, Immunology Group Zoology Department, University College of North Wales, Bangor, USA

    W. A. Hemmings

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Morris, I.G. (1978). The receptor hypothesis of protein ingestion. In: Hemmings, W.A. (eds) Antigen Absorption by the Gut. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6609-6_2

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