Cellular versus humoral immunology: a century-long dispute

Historical insight: Immunology's founding fathers argued fiercely about whether Metchnikoff's phagocytes or Ehrlich's antibodies were the most important mediators of immunity. Antibodies won out, but even after lymphocytes re-established cellular immunology, the humoralist-cellularist...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature immunology 2003-05, Vol.4 (5), p.425-428
1. Verfasser:	Silverstein, Arthur M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Allergy and Immunology - history Animals Antibodies Antibody Formation Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine commentary History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Humans Immunity, Cellular Immunology Infectious Diseases Lymphocytes Models, Immunological Phagocytes Phagocytosis
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Zusammenfassung:	Historical insight: Immunology's founding fathers argued fiercely about whether Metchnikoff's phagocytes or Ehrlich's antibodies were the most important mediators of immunity. Antibodies won out, but even after lymphocytes re-established cellular immunology, the humoralist-cellularist divide persisted.
ISSN:	1529-2908 1529-2916
DOI:	10.1038/ni0503-425