The Evolution of the Immune System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Evolution of the Immune System write by Davide Malagoli. This book was released on 2016-05-24. The Evolution of the Immune System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Evolution of the Immune System: Conservation and Diversification is the first book of its kind that prompts a new perspective when describing and considering the evolution of the immune system. Its unique approach summarizes, updates, and provides new insights on the different immune receptors, soluble factors, and immune cell effectors. - Helps the reader gain a modern idea of the evolution of the immune systems in pluricellular organisms - Provides a complete overview of the most studied and hot topics in comparative and evolutionary immunology - Reflects the organisation of the immune system (cell-based, humoral [innate], humoral [adaptive]) without introducing further and misleading levels of organization - Brings concepts and ideas on the evolution of the immune system to a wide readership
Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System
Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System write by L. Du Pasquier. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The comparative approach to immunology can be traced to the era of Pasteur and Metchnikov in which observations regarding foreign recognition in invertebrates was a factor in the develop ment of the principal concepts that created the foundation of what now is the broad field of immunology. With each major experimental and conceptual breakthrough, the classical, albeit essential, question has been asked "are the immune systems of phylogenetically primitive vertebrates and invertebrates similar to that of mammals?" Somewhat surprisingly for the jawed verte brates, the general answer has been a qualified form of "yes", whereas for agnathans and invertebrate phyla it has been "no" so far. The apparent abruptness in the appearance of the immune system of vertebrates is linked to the introduction of the somatic generation of the diversity of its antigen specific receptors. Therefore the questions regarding the origin and evolution of the specific immune system revolve around this phenomenon. With respect to the origin of the system (aside from the or igin of the rearranging machinery itself, the study of which is still in its infancy) one can ask questions about the cellular and mo lecular contexts in which the mechanism was introduced.
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Molecular Biology of the Cell - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Molecular Biology of the Cell write by . This book was released on 2002. Molecular Biology of the Cell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Evolutionary Concepts in Immunology
Evolutionary Concepts in Immunology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evolutionary Concepts in Immunology write by Robert Jack. This book was released on 2019-06-13. Evolutionary Concepts in Immunology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Immunology is a nodal subject that links many areas of biology. It permeates the biosciences, and also plays crucial roles in diagnosis and therapy in areas of clinical medicine ranging from the control of infectious and autoimmune diseases to tumour therapy. Monoclonal antibodies and small molecule modulators of immunity are major factors in the pharmaceutical industry and now constitute a multi billion dollar business. Students in these diverse areas are frequently daunted by the complexity of immunology and the astonishing array of unusual mechanisms that go to make it up. Starting from Dobzhansky’s famous slogan, “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution”, this book will serve to illuminate how evolutionary forces shaped immunity and thus provide an explanation for how many of its counter intuitive oddities arose. By doing so it will provide a conceptual framework on which students may organise the rapidly growing flood of immunological knowledge.
Advances in Comparative Immunology
Advances in Comparative Immunology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Advances in Comparative Immunology write by Edwin L. Cooper. This book was released on 2018-08-07. Advances in Comparative Immunology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
