Parasitology. 1990;100 Suppl:S27-34.

The evolution of acquired immunity to parasites.

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Evolutionary pressures exerted by parasites on the immune system, and vice versa, are surveyed from a speculative viewpoint. New information is presented about the possible channelling of suppression by MHC Class II genes in the mouse, where a novel pattern of dominant unresponsiveness mediated by H-2Ab is described. In addition, the hypothesis is advanced that phosphatidyl-inositol anchorage on the surface of parasites may represent a novel evasion mechanism, in which the spread of the immune response by epitope linkage is inhibited by host phospholipase.

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