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Immune system: The “seventh sense”

The brain is our computing machine that integrates stimuli from the environment and orchestrates responses to these stimuli. Here, I propose that the defining role of the immune system is to sense microorganisms and to inform the brain about them.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kipnis, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rockefeller University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5789422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29339443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20172295