Medical Hypotheses
Volume 61, Issue 3 , Pages 405-411, September 2003

Immunological mechanisms of adaptation to the low-weight chemical compounds in ontogenesis

  • A.N Glushkov

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: A.N. Glushkov, Department of Cancer Immunology, Kemerovo Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 650025 Kemerovo, Rukavishnicov Str., 21, Russia. Phone: +7-3832-555952; Fax: +7-3842-211566

Department of Cancer Immunology, Kemerovo Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russia

Received 29 October 2002; accepted 26 March 2003.

Abstract 

It is postulated that adaptation to the low-weight chemical compounds includes six consistent ontogenetic periods: the reciprocal selection of the marriage partners; the maturation of the gametes; the formation of the zygote; the development of the fetus; the birth and nursing of the child; and the sexual maturation of a human being. The main immunological parts of adaptation are: the antibodies to the low-weight xeno- and endobiotics; the reciprocal immune-like recognition of the maternal and paternal gametes; and the maternal immune reaction on the paternal histocompatibility antigens of the fetus. The main immunological mechanisms of adaptation are: the promotion of the selectivity in the smell recognition of the marriage partners by the antibodies to the xeno- and endobiotics expanding the individual spectrum of their metabolites; the inhibition of the xenobiotic genotoxic action on the gametes, fetus and child by the antibodies; the prevention of the development of gene-damaged gametes and fetus by antibodies to the sexual hormones; and the immune preservation (elimination) of the heterozygote (homozygote) fetus.

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PII: S0306-9877(03)00183-X

doi:10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00183-X

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 61, Issue 3 , Pages 405-411, September 2003