Co-evolution of a primordial peptide-presentation system and cellular immunity

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Boehm, T [1 ]
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[1] Max Planck Inst Immunobiol, Dept Dev Immunol, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany
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10.1038/nri1749
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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How did early vertebrates survive when their lymphocytes began to use antigen receptors with random specificities, despite their potential for extensive self-reactivity? Here, I propose that the quality-control mechanisms that tame self-reactivity in the adaptive immune system were derived, at least in part, from an ancient mechanism that guided sexual selection on the basis of evaluating genetic relatedness.
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