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Immunologic Phylogeny

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  1. W. H. Hildemann

    1. Hilo College, University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA

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  2. A. A. Benedict

    1. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 64)

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Table of contents (47 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Invertebrate Immunology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    3. Cell Surface Receptors and Recognition Factors

      1. Some Specific Aspects of Cell-Surface Recognition by Sipunculid Coelomocytes
        • John E. Cushing, David K. Boraker
        Pages 35-44
      2. Response of Earthworm Leukocytes to Concanavalin a and Transplantation Antigens
        • Ph. Roch, P. Valembois, L. Du Pasquier
        Pages 45-54
      3. Recognition Factors of the Crayfish and the Generation of Diversity
        • C. R. Jenkin, D. Hardy
        Pages 55-65

    4. Immunodiscrimination and Integrity of Metazoans

      1. Endosymbiosis and Cellular Tolerance in the Hawaiian Soft Coral <u>Sarcothelia Edmondsoni</u> Verrill
        • E. H. Mercer, A. P. Singh
        Pages 69-76
      2. Hard Tissue Tumors of Scleractinian Corals
        • Daniel P. Cheney
        Pages 77-87
      3. The Discriminatory Capacity of Phagocytic Cells in the Chiton (<u>Liolophura gaimardi</u>)
        • R. Crichton, K. J. Lafferty
        Pages 89-98

    5. Allogeneic Incompatibility and Transplantation Immunity

      1. Direct Evidence of Heterolysis of Gorgonian Target Cells
        • Jacques L. Theodor, Jacqueline Carriere
        Pages 101-103
      2. Immunoincompatibility Reactions in Corals (Coelenterata)
        • W. H. Hildemann, D. S. Linthicum, D. C. Vann
        Pages 105-114
      3. Allogeneic Distinction in <i>Botryllus primigenus</i> and in other Colonial Ascidians
        • Kunio Tanaka
        Pages 115-124

    6. Primordial Cell-Mediated Immunity and Memory

      1. Characteristics of Cell-Mediated Immunity and Memory in Annelids
        • Edwin L. Cooper
        Pages 127-136
      2. Specific Rejection of Integumentary Allografts by the Sea Star <u>Dermasterias imbricata</u>
        • Richard D. Karp, W. H. Hildemann
        Pages 137-147

  3. Vertebrate Immunology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Structure and Functions of Antibodies

      1. Preliminary Structural Characterization of Pacific Hagfish Immunoglobulin
        • A. E. De Ioannes, W. H. Hildemann
        Pages 151-160
      2. Antibodies against Salmonella and SRBC in Urodele Amphibians: Synthesis and Characterization
        • Annick Tournefier, Jacques Charlemagne
        Pages 161-171
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About this book

There are two now classic reasons for the widespread and con­ tinuing interest in the phylogeny of immune reactivities and structure. First is the fundamental concern of biologists with the evolution of defense mechanisms. We are eager to discover origins, mechanisms, and adaptive specializations of immunocompetence because the very existence of individuals and entire species is involved in a most essential way. Second is the strong biomedical interest in adaptive immune mechanisms to increase understanding of health and disease in man. If man and placental mammals represent the quin­ tessence of immunoresponsiveness with complex interdependent path­ ways, the less elaborate but fully functional systems of immunity in "lower" animals proffer insights applicable to immediate con­ cerns in medicine. Recent approaches to organ transplantation, immunotherapy of cancer and repair of immunodeficiency diseases, to name just a few areas, have depended greatly on phylogenetic per­ spectives. In a larger sense, intelligent wildlife conservation, utilization of food resources, and adequate environmental protection all hinge on knowing how diverse species survive or otherwise suc­ cumb to insults, injuries, and disease. The phylogenetic immunologist also seeks detailed information on the structure of the immunoglobulins which relates directly to the evolutionary history of living animals. Perhaps genetic mech­ anisms responsible for the evolution of these proteins may be re­ vealed as spin-off information. The vast number of immunoglobulin specificities and effector structures, coupled with the remarkable phylogenetic conservation of certain polypeptide regions, makes these molecules especially useful to protein chemists as well as immunologists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Hilo College, University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA

    W. H. Hildemann

  • University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

    A. A. Benedict

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Immunologic Phylogeny

  • Editors: W. H. Hildemann, A. A. Benedict

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3261-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3263-3Published: 20 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3261-9Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 485

  • Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Immunology

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