Circulating phagocytes: the ancient and conserved interface between immune and neuroendocrine function

Biological Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 369-377

  Malagoli, Davide ^a   Mandrioli, Mauro ^a   Tascedda, Fabio ^a   Ottaviani, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

evolution; immune and neuroendocrine function; immunocytes; invertebrate; macrophage; vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PHAGOCYTE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHAGOCYTES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84948137399     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12234     Document Type: Article

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