1 paper for “Comparative immunology”

Complex Mammalian-like Hematopoietic System Found in a Colonial Chordate

Benyamin Rosental, Mark Kowarsky, Jun Seita, Daniel M. Corey, Katherine J. Ishizuka, Karla J. Palmeri, Shih-Yu Chen, Rahul Sinha, Jennifer Okamoto, Gary Mantalas, Lucia Manni, Tal Raveh, D. Nathaniel Clarke, Jonathan M. Tsai, Aaron M. Newman, Norma F. Neff, Garry P. Nolan, Stephen R. Quake, Irving L. Weissman, Ayelet Voskoboynik. ebi.ac.uk. December 5, 2018.

The authors report candidate blood-forming and immune-cell populations in a colonial tunicate, using expression comparisons, transplantation and functional assays. Mammalian similarities remain qualified by missing lymphoid signatures, cross-reactivity, autofluorescence and incomplete stem-cell benchmarks.