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Why do adaptive immune responses cross-react?
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dc.contributor.author | Fairlie-Clarke, KJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Shuker, David Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Graham, AL | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-16T09:31:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-16T09:31:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fairlie-Clarke , KJ , Shuker , D M & Graham , AL 2009 , ' Why do adaptive immune responses cross-react? ' , Evolutionary Applications , vol. 2 , no. 1 , pp. 122-131 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4571.2008.00052.x | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1752-4571 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 434339 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: b62c699a-e22f-4066-a1b9-d11a920ef82d | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000262827800013 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 70350336002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/3247 | |
dc.description.abstract | Antigen specificity of adaptive immune responses is often in the host's best interests, but with important and as yet unpredictable exceptions. For example, antibodies that bind to multiple flaviviral or malarial species can provide hosts with simultaneous protection against many parasite genotypes. Vaccinology often aims to harness such imprecision, because cross-reactive antibodies might provide broad-spectrum protection in the face of antigenic variation by parasites. However, the causes of cross-reactivity among immune responses are not always known, and here, we explore potential proximate and evolutionary explanations for cross-reactivity. We particularly consider whether cross-reactivity is the result of constraints on the ability of the immune system to process information about the world of antigens, or whether an intermediate level of cross-reactivity may instead represent an evolutionary optimum. We conclude with a series of open questions for future interdisciplinary research, including the suggestion that the evolutionary ecology of information processing might benefit from close examination of immunological data. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Evolutionary Applications | en |
dc.rights | © 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd This is an Open Access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. | en |
dc.subject | Heterologous immunity | en |
dc.subject | Information processing | en |
dc.subject | Optimal discrimination | en |
dc.subject | Optimal immunology | en |
dc.subject | Sex-ration adjustment | en |
dc.subject | T-cell repertoire | en |
dc.subject | Plasmodium-falciparum | en |
dc.subject | Immunological memory | en |
dc.subject | Protective immunity | en |
dc.subject | Schistosoma-mansoni | en |
dc.subject | Antibody-responses | en |
dc.subject | Influenza-virus | en |
dc.subject | Apis-mellifera | en |
dc.subject | Infection | en |
dc.subject | QR180 Immunology | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QR180 | en |
dc.title | Why do adaptive immune responses cross-react? | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | NERC | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4571.2008.00052.x | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70350336002&partnerID=8YFLogxK | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/D009979/2 | en |
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