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.

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Autor principal: Kipnis, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rockefeller University Press 2018
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Reviews
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
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spelling pubmed-57894222018-08-05 Immune system: The “seventh sense” Kipnis, Jonathan J Exp Med Reviews 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. Rockefeller University Press 2018-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5789422/ /pubmed/29339443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20172295 Text en © 2018 Kipnis http://www.rupress.org/terms/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms/). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 International license, as described at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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Immune system: The “seventh sense”
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url 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
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