The biology and pathology of innate immunity mechanisms /
This book is the proceedings of the Bathsheva de Rothschild Seminar on Innate Immunity, held on October 10-15, 1999, in Zichron Yaakov, Israel. In recent years, scientific attention has focused increasingly on immediate defense mechanisms based on non-clonal recognition of microbial components. Thes...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kluwer Academic,
[2002]
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| Series: | Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;
v. 479. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book is the proceedings of the Bathsheva de Rothschild Seminar on Innate Immunity, held on October 10-15, 1999, in Zichron Yaakov, Israel. In recent years, scientific attention has focused increasingly on immediate defense mechanisms based on non-clonal recognition of microbial components. These mechanisms constitute the innate immunity arm of the body's defense. Identification of pathogens by these mechanisms primarily involves receptors recognizing sugar moieties of various microorganisms. This major new volume describes the recent discoveries in this field, including the implications of the recognition of specific components of the innate immunity arsenal as the main cause of host susceptibility to particular types of infections, and the development of new agents to combat infections using newly identified anti-microbial peptides. There is also coverage of the major themes, such as (i) the role of innate immune responses as a first-line defense against microbial infection and tumor cells; (ii) the cellular and molecular basis of the function of cells and molecules involved in innate immunity; (iii) the role of innate immunity in the immunocompromised host; and (iv) the interactions between innate immunity components and clonal immune response. |
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| Item Description: | "Proceedings of the Bathsheva de Rothschild Seminar on Innate Immunity, held October 10-15, 1999 in Zichron Yaakov, Israel"--Title page verso. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 339 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780306468315 (electronic bk.) 030646831X (electronic bk.) |