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SINCE Metchnikoff (quoted in ref. 1) showed that amoebocytes, the circulating cells in invertebrates, are capable of phagocytosis1, it has become increasingly apparent that they have various immunological functions. For example, amoebocytes mediate resistance to infection2,3 and rejection of xenogeneic grafts4,5.
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REINISCH, C. Phylogenetic origin of xenogeneic recognition. Nature 250, 349–350 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250349a0
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