An evolutionarily conserved program of B-cell development and activation in zebrafish.
Page DM1, Wittamer V, Bertrand JY, Lewis KL, Pratt DN, Delgado N, Schale SE, McGue C, Jacobsen BH, Doty A, Pao Y, Yang H, Chi NC, Magor BG, Traver D.
Blood.Blood.2013 Aug 22;122(8):e1-11. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-12-471029. Epub 2013 Jul 16.
Teleost fish are among the most ancient vertebrates possessing an adaptive immune system with B and T lymphocytes that produce memory responses to pathogens. Most bony fish, however, have only 2 types of B lymphocytes, in contrast to the 4 types available to mammals. To better understand the evoluti
This study investigated trajectories of maternal parenting behavior across the infants' first 18 months of life in relation to maternal depression. Furthermore, predictors of the quality of the mother-infant relationship at 18 months were examined. Participants consisted of three types of mother-inf
… This study compared seven 20-month-old LBW infants to 13 normal birth weight infants (control) using the Early Social Communication Scale (ESCS), a schale of the Joint Attention (JA) behavior as an indicator of social development. …