Overview
- Unique book on comparative immunology
- Contributions by experts in the field
- Discusses the immune system of various major animal phyla
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
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From Prokaryotes to Urochordates
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From Cephalochordates to Vertebrates
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About this book
Immunologists, perhaps understandably, most often concentrate on the human immune system, an anthropocentric focus that has resulted in a dearth of information about the immune function of all other species within the animal kingdom. However, knowledge of animal immune function could help not only to better understand human immunology, but perhaps more importantly, it could help to treat and avoid the blights that affect animals, which consequently affect humans. Take for example the mass death of honeybees in recent years – their demise, resulting in much less pollination, poses a serious threat to numerous crops, and thus the food supply. There is a similar disappearance of frogs internationally, signaling ecological problems, among them fungal infections.
This book aims to fill this void by describing and discussing what is known about non-human immunology. It covers various major animal phyla, its chapters organized in a progression fromthe simplest unicellular organisms to the most complex vertebrates, mammals. Chapters are written by experts, covering the latest findings and new research being conducted about each phylum.Edwin L. Cooper is a Distinguished Professor in the Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Department of Neurobiology at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Comparative Immunology
Editors: Edwin L. Cooper
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76768-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76767-3Published: 03 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09578-9Published: 14 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76768-0Published: 07 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XL, 1048
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 174 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology, Medical Microbiology, Invertebrates, Vertebrates