Phylogenesis of Immune Functions
eBook - ePub

Phylogenesis of Immune Functions

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Phylogenesis of Immune Functions

About this book

This volume discusses recent advances in research regarding the evolution of specific and nonspecific defense responses in a taxonomically diverse array of species. Topics regarding invertebrates include the protective mechanisms (cellular and molecular) employed by insects, the protective roles of lectins, and the self-nonself discrimination revealed by tissue incompatibility reactions. With vertebrates, the evolution of the immunoglobulin-related superfamily of recognition molecules (including immunoglobulins and the major histocompatibility complex molecules) is examined over several chapters. Other topics reviewed include the evolution of nonimmunoglobulin mediators of defense (e.g., cytokines and eicosanoids), lymphocyte subpopulations (including effects of ambient temperature on function) and the phylogenetic emergence of natural killer cells. Phylogenesis of Immune Functions provides invaluable information for evolutionary biologists, as well as all immunologists and other researchers interested in discovering how inhabitants in our increasingly threatened biosphere protect themselves against environmental pathogens and toxins.

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Yes, you can access Phylogenesis of Immune Functions by Gregory W. Warr,Nicholas Cohen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Medical Theory, Practice & Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040278314
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. I. Introduction
  5. Contributors
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Chapter 1 Adaptive Immune Responses in Insects
  8. Chapter 2 Insect Antibacterial Proteins
  9. Chapter 3 The Prophenoloxidase System and its Role in Arthropod Immunity
  10. Chapter 4 The Multiple Biological Roles of Invertebrate Lectins: Their Participation in NonSelf Recognition Mechanisms
  11. Chapter 5 Historecognition in the Cnidaria
  12. Chapter 6 Biological Individuality and Disease: New Perspectives on Immunoevolution
  13. Chapter 7 The MHC Molecules of Ectothermic Vertebrates
  14. Chapter 8 The Major Histocompatibility Complex of the Chicken
  15. Chapter 9 Evolutionary Origins of Immunoglobulin Genes
  16. Chapter 10 Evolution of Lymphocyte Subpopulations, Their Interactions and Temperature Sensitivities
  17. Chapter 11 Phylogeny of Cytotoxic Cells
  18. Chapter 12 The Phylogenetic Conservation of Cytokines
  19. Chapter 13 Eicosanoids: Aspects of Their Structure, Function and Evolution
  20. Chapter 14 Mechanisms of Molecular Evolution in the Immunoglobulin Superfamily
  21. Index