Immune memory, immune oblivion: A lesson from Funes the memorious

Yair Neuman

doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2006.11.001

Immune memory, immune oblivion: A lesson from Funes the memorious

Yair Neuman

School of Education

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Abstract

We commonly think of the immune system as having a memory. However, memory is always accompanied by a complementary process of oblivion. Is there immune oblivion? In this theoretical paper, I address this question and suggest that oblivion is an integral aspect of memorization. In this context, I suggest that immune memory is an orchestration of reversible and irreversible processes of biological computation through feedback loops. Drawing on the linguistic metaphor, I inquire into the implications of this idea for a better understanding of immune memory and immune deficiency among the elderly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16-22
Number of pages	7
Journal	Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Volume	95
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2006.11.001
State	Published - 1 Sep 2007

Keywords

Biosemiotics
Immune memory/oblivion
Immune system
Interdisciplinary research
Linguistic metaphor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biophysics
Molecular Biology

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