Contributions

  • Stefan H. E. Kaufmann (Editor) - Contributor
  • Ruslan Medzhitov (Editor) - Contributor
  • Siamon Gordon (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2004-07-30 - ASM Press

Language

English

Word Count

116,250 words, Guess

Page Count

465 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCQR185.2 .I486 2004

Description

Delivers a state-of-the-art review of the innate immune system, utilizing the most current concepts of cellular and molecular biology. The book focuses on evolutionary aspects, describing the major cells, humoral factors, receptors, and effector responses central to innate immunity and its important relation to acquired immunity. In-depth treatment is given to the performance of the innate immune system in various situations, including bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infection.

First Sentence

The foundations of the present concepts of innate and adaptive immunity were established during the latter decades of the 19th century when Metchnikoff (1905) observed phagocytosis in an echinoderm and in an arthropod and Ehrlich (1900) was carrying out pioneering studies on the properties of the specific serum molecules called antibodies.

Subjects

Topics

Medical616.07/9ImmunologyphysiologyPhysiologyMicrobiologyInnate Immunity

Other Editions

  • The Innate Immune Response to InfectionHardcoverASM Press2004-07-30

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