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'Contrary to maternal antibodies, maternal microchimeric cells (MMc) show a high longevity, as they can persist in the offspring until adulthood. Recent evidence highlights that MMc leukocytes promote neonatal immunity against early-life infections in mice and humans.'
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Yuzen et al @emboreports
@gpollara @emboreports A key detail in this paper is that the matings are allo (Balb v B6)
@cyrilpedia @emboreports amazing, had never heard of these cells!