http://alanrendall.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/adaptive-immunity-across-the-animal-kingdom/ A mathematician thinks aloud Thu, 09 May 2013 07:10:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://alanrendall.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/adaptive-immunity-across-the-animal-kingdom/#comment-1150 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:56:35 +0000 http://alanrendall.wordpress.com/?p=948#comment-1150 Here is an update on lampreys (and hagfish). On the blog of the LymDEV workshop which is taking place in Dresden at the moment (http://lymdev12.eu/) there is a link to a video of a talk of Max Cooper on the evolution of adaptive immunity. When I tried to connect to it I came onto a page which asked me for a password and so I was blocked. I did however manage to find a video of a talk on the same subject by the same speaker on another occasion which is available via vimeo. There he explains his discovery that lampreys do have an adaptive immune system with analogues of B cells and T cells. At the same time the molecular systems are very different from those of other vertebrates and there is no antigen presentation involved. At this point I feel the desire to mention that I once ate lamprey during a visit to Bordeaux, where it is a speciality. It tasted good but I felt sick afterwards. I do not blame the lamprey and I would try it again. I think that the cause of my discomfort was something else, perhaps the motion of the TGV on the way back to Paris.

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