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Seasonal variations in the immune system of lower vertebrates
A G Zapata1, A Varas, M Torroba
1Dept of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
Immunology Today
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
Seasonal variation, affecting the structure and function of the ectotherm immune system, is an excellent 'natural' model of the influence of neuroendocrine rhythms on immunity. In this review, Agustín Zapata, Alberto Varas and Marta Torroba examine the correlations between seasonal changes and circulating steroid levels, and investigate the possibility of a neuroendocrine-immune network in lower vertebrates.