Trans-generational immune priming (TGIP) refers to the transfer of the parental
immunological experience to its progeny. This may result in offspring protection from …

Parental experience with parasites and pathogens can lead to increased offspring
resistance to infection, through a process known as transgenerational immune priming …

In insects, a parental immune challenge can prepare and enhance offspring immune activity.
Previous studies of such transgenerational immune priming (TGIP) mainly focused on a …

Parents invest in their offspring by preparing them for defense against pathogens and
parasites that only the parents have encountered, a phenomenon known as …

Invertebrates are the protagonists of a recent paradigm shift because they now show that
vertebrates are not the only group with immune memory. This review discusses the concept …

Trans-generational effects on immunity are well known in vertebrates and are considered in
many evolutionary and ecological theories of species interaction. Maternal effects have …

Invertebrates have an immune response that differs considerably from the acquired immune
response found in vertebrates. However, new studies indicate that past experience with a …

In many vertebrates and invertebrates, offspring whose mothers have been exposed to
pathogens can exhibit increased levels of immune activity and/or increased survival to …

Detecting functional homology between invertebrate and vertebrate immunity is of interest in
terms of understanding the dynamics and evolution of immune systems. Trans-generational …

The ability of developing immunological memory, a characteristic feature of adaptive
immunity, is clearly present also in innate immune responses. In fact, it is well known that …