Overview
- Highlights the role of C-type lectin receptors in regonising PAMPs and DAMPs
- Provides useful insights for clinicians and pharmacologists
- Offers new starting points for future drug development
- Discusses up-to-date research from top-scientists in the field
Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 429)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book focuses on C-type lectin receptors, a newly emerging family of pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) and a crucial part of the human innate immune system. Above all, the authors highlight these receptors’ role in the recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) – one of the first steps in responding to foreign and potentially dangerous structures in the human body.
The respective chapters chiefly examine various C-type lectin receptors, their corresponding ligands, and signalling. In addition to offering immunologists and clinicians important insights from the latest research, they may also provide novel points of departure for future drug development.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Sho Yamasaki is Distinguished Professor at Osaka University and the head of the division Molecular Immunology at the Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (RIMD) and deputy director of Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) in Osaka University. He is also the visiting professor at Kyushu University and Chiba University. His laboratory focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the recognition of external and internal insults through ITAM-coupled immune receptors. Of particular interest is the regulation of immune responses against pathogens and altered self through C-type lectin receptors and T cell receptors.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: C-Type Lectins in Immune Homeostasis
Editors: Sho Yamasaki
Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62237-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62236-7Published: 01 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62239-8Published: 02 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62237-4Published: 31 October 2020
Series ISSN: 0070-217X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 203
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Receptors, Human Physiology, Cancer Research