- Unique book on comparative immunology
- Contributions by experts in the field
- Discusses the immune system of various major animal phyla
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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 from the 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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Edwin L. Cooper is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine.
- Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Evolution of Immunity
Pages 3-22
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Allorecognition and Innate Immunity in the Dictyostelid Social Amoebae
Pages 23-50
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Cnidaria: Anthozoans in the Hot Seat
Pages 51-93
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Platyhelminthes: Molecular Dissection of the Planarian Innate Immune System
Pages 95-115
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Nematoda: The Caenorhabditis elegans Model for Innate Immunity – Interactions Between Worms and Pathogens, and Their Responses to Immunogenic Damage
Pages 117-134
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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書誌情報
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Advances in Comparative Immunology
- Editors
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- Edwin L. Cooper
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- イーブック ISBN
- 978-3-319-76768-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-76768-0
- ハードカバー ISBN
- 978-3-319-76767-3
- ソフトカバー ISBN
- 978-3-030-09578-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XL, 1048
- Number of Illustrations
- 30 b/w illustrations, 174 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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