Innate Immunity of Plants, Animals and Humans (Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, 21)

Heine, Holger

ISBN 10: 3540739297 / ISBN 13: 9783540739296

Editore: Springer, Berlin, 2008

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Addresses Immune system, Ir genes, Cellular immunity, and Natural immunity. All living organisms are in a constant battle against their environment. Since uncontained microorganisms would simply overgrow all higher animals, the evolution of multicellular organisms required adequate and efficient defense mechanisms to protect their own integrity and to ensure their own survival. These defense mechanisms, encompassing receptor proteins that sense the presence of pathogens and effector molecules that are involved in controlling them, are the elemental parts of the innate immune system. By Holger Heine.

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• Titolo: Innate Immunity of Plants, Animals and Humans (Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, 21)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3540739297
• ISBN 13: 9783540739296
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Condizione: New
• Dimensioni: 9,2 L x 6,1 A x 0,6 P (pollici) 9,2 pollici di larghezza per 6,1 pollici di altezza per 0,6 pollici di profondità
• Peso: 2 libbre

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This book has been cunningly designed to provide an overview of our current knowledge about the innate immune systems of these three types of organisms. It not only covers the innate immune mechanisms and responses of such diverse organisms as plants, Cnidaria, Drosophila, urochordates and zebrafish, but also the major receptor systems in mammalians and humans. It delves too into the central defense mechanisms, antimicrobial peptides and the complement system.

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All living organisms are in a constant battle against their environment. Since uncontained microorganisms would simply overgrow all higher animals, the evolution of multicellular organisms required adequate and efficient defense mechanisms to protect their own integrity and to ensure their own survival. These defense mechanisms, encompassing receptor proteins that sense the presence of pathogens and effector molecules that are involved in controlling them, are the elemental parts of the innate immune system.

For many species, the innate immune system is the sole active defense system. Long thought to be an unspecific immune response, the discovery of the Toll-like receptors and their ligands finally revealed just how specific the innate immune response actually is.

This book wants to give an overview of our current knowledge about the innate immune system of plants, animals and humans. It not only covers the innate immune mechanisms and responses of so diverse organisms such as plants, Cnidaria, Drosophila, urochordates and zebrafish, but also the major receptor systems in mammalians and humans as well as the central defense mechanisms, antimicrobial peptides and the complement system.