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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 311)
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About this book
The ability to remember an antigenic encounter for several decades, even for a life time, is one of the fundamental properties of the immune system. This phenomenon known as "immunological memory", is the foundation upon which the concept if vaccination rests. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms by which immunological memory is regulated is of paramount importance. Recent advances in immunology, particularly in the field of innate immunity, suggest that the innate immune system plays fundamental roles in influencing immunological memory. Indeed, emerging evidence suggests that events that occur early, within hours if not minutes of pathogen or vaccine entry profoundly shape the quantity, quality and duration of immunological memory. The present volume assembles a collection of essays from leading experts that span the entire spectrum research from understanding the molecular mechanisms of innate immune recognition, to dendritic cell function, to the generation and maintenance of antigen-specific B and T-cell responses.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Innate Immunity to Immunological Memory
Editors: Bali Pulendran, Rafi Ahmed
Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32636-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-32635-9Published: 07 September 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06908-6Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-32636-6Published: 05 October 2006
Series ISSN: 0070-217X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 184
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology