Current Topics In Innate Immunity

Download or read book Current Topics in Innate Immunity written by John D. Lambris and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-07 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the post genomic era, understanding of the innate immune system is enriched by findings on the specificity of innate immune reactions as well as to novel functions that do not strictly correlate with immunological defense and surveillance, immune modulation or inflammation. This volume covers natural killer cells, mast cells, phagocytes, toll-like receptors, complement, host defense in plants and invertebrates, evasion strategies of microorganisms, pathophysiology, protein structures, design of therapeutics, and experimental approaches.