Cold-blooded vertebrates evolved organized germinal center–like structures

Y Shibasaki, S Afanasyev, A Fernández-Montero… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Germinal centers (GCs) or analogous secondary lymphoid microstructures (SLMs) are
thought to have evolved in endothermic species. However, living representatives of their …

Single‐cell transcriptome profiling reveals diverse immune cell populations and their responses to viral infection in the spleen of zebrafish

CB Hu, J Wang, Y Hong, H Li, DD Fan… - The FASEB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Teleost fish are indispensable model organisms for comparative immunology research that
should lead to an improved understanding of the general principles of vertebrate immune …