Table 1.
Species | Brain Structure | Immune Cells | BBB | Critical Component | Known Diapedesis Mechanism | |
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Cav1 | Pecam1 | |||||
T. adhaerens | No brain detected | No known immune cells | No | Yes | no | NA |
N. vectensis | Two brain pathways observed | Ameboyctes | unknown | Yes | no | NA |
C. elegans | Brain-like structure | No adaptive immune system or mobile immune cells identified | glia | Yes | No | NA |
D. melanogaster | Brain-like structure | Hemocytes | septal | no | no | Likely Paracellular |
C. intestinalis | 177 neurons identified | Hemocytes | unknown | Yes | No | Likely transcellular |
P. marinus | Brian structure exits | VLAR, VLARB and VLARC cells | Yes | Yes | No | Likely transcellular |
Marine vertebrates | Brian structure exists | Adaptive and innate system developed | yes | Yes | Yes | Transcellular and paracellular |
Terrestrial vertebrates | Brian structure exists | Adaptive and innate system developed | yes | Yes | Yes | Transcellular and paracellular |