Embryo protection in contemporary immunology

Early embryos of many vertebrates and invertebrates develop outside the mother and are exposed to myriads of potential microbial colonizers. Here we discuss how these embryos are protected from microbial attacks and how they might control and shape their microbiota. In essence we delineate a new role for antimicrobial peptides both in selecting particular bacterial partners during early development and in being important components of a “be prepared” strategy providing transgenerational protection.

• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Communicative & Integrative Biology

• Publication date

  2011-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4161/cib.15159
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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