Trends in innate immunity

• Other Authors: Egesten, Arne 1962- (Editor), Schmidt, Axel 1962- (Editor), Herwald, Heiko (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basel Karger 2008
• Series: Contributions to microbiology v. 15
• Subjects: Immunity, Innate > physiology; Immune System > physiology
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The last decade has witnessed the delineation of innate immunity - a new area which has revolutionized our understanding of host-parasite interactions and their impact on defense mechanisms in infectious and noninfectious diseases. This volume of the book series 'Contributions to Microbiology&#...

Table of Contents:

• From Darwin and Metchnikoff to Burnet and beyond / E.L. Cooper
• General introduction to innate immunity: Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde quality of the innate immune system / K.S. Zänker
• The innate immune system of mammals and insects / U. Müller ... [et al.]
• Pattern recognition receptors and their role in innate immunity: focus on microbial protein ligands / T. Areschoug, S. Gordon
• Antimicrobial peptides in innate immune responses / O.E. Sørensen, N. Borregaard, A.M. Cole
• Complement: an efficient sword of innate immunity / G. Rambach, R. Würzner, C. Speth
• Antibacterial chemokines: actors in both innate and adaptive immunity / M. Eliasson, A. Egesten
• The role of neutrophils and monocytes in innate immunity / C. Kantari, M. Pederzoli-Ribeil, V. Witko-Sarsat
• Innate immune functions of the airway epithelium / J.A. Bartlett, A.J. Fischer, P.B. McCray, Jr,
• Oxidative innate immune defenses by Nox/Duox family NADPH oxidases / B. Rada, T.L. Leto
• Aging and impairment of innate immunity / V. Nomellini, C.R. Gomez, E.J. Kovacs.