Elie Metchnikoff: father of natural immunity.

Journal article

Abstract:: We celebrate the centenary of the Nobel award to Elie Metchnikoff in 2008, shared with Paul Ehrlich, as respective pioneers of cellular and humoral immunology. Metchnikoff is rightly famous for his recognition of the biological significance of leukocyte recruitment and phagocytosis of microbes in host defence against infection, inflammation and immunity. As a comparative zoologist he utilised a broad range of model organisms for microscopic studies in vivo and in vitro. His work prefigures mu...
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Institution:

University of Oxford

Division:

MSD

Department:

Pathology Dunn School

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Author

Language:: English
Keywords:: Allergy and Immunology

Humans

Nobel Prize

Animals

History, 20th Century

Immunity, Innate

History, 19th Century

Bibliography as Topic
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Deposit date:: 2012-12-19

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