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Universes in delicate balance
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ISBN: 9780444510020 0444510028 1423755472 9781423755470 0080520197 9780080520193 128102838X 9781281028389 9786611028381 Year: 2002 Publisher: Amsterdam New York Elsevier

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It is commonly acknowledged that the nervous system and the immune system, those most complex of networks, share attributes beyond their intricacy. Elements common to the two systems include memory, connectivity, flexibility and developmental selection of cellular composition by a rigorous process involving widespread programmed cell death. There is one salient difference: the cells of the immune system are predominantly in constant motion, while post-mitotic neurons and glia are largely fixed in place. Therefore, chemokines, initially characterized as leukocyte chemoattractants, have for t

Universes in delicate balance
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ISBN: 9780444510020 0444510028 1423755472 9781423755470 0080520197 9780080520193 128102838X 9781281028389 9786611028381 Year: 2002 Publisher: Amsterdam New York Elsevier

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It is commonly acknowledged that the nervous system and the immune system, those most complex of networks, share attributes beyond their intricacy. Elements common to the two systems include memory, connectivity, flexibility and developmental selection of cellular composition by a rigorous process involving widespread programmed cell death. There is one salient difference: the cells of the immune system are predominantly in constant motion, while post-mitotic neurons and glia are largely fixed in place. Therefore, chemokines, initially characterized as leukocyte chemoattractants, have for t

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