Invertebrate Immune Responses - Cell Activities and the Environment (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)

E. L. Cooper In Volume 23 we considered, in seven chapters, the basic armamentarium of the invertebrate immune system and its cells, as well as an analysis of antigens, setting the stage for the initiation of an immune response. We studied cell products, natural or induced, as revealed by nonspecific and specific responses following antigenic challenge such as the pro phenol oxidase system, the lytic responses, the Ig superfamily, and the place this family offers invertebrates and insect hemolymph proteins as candidates for membership. At this point, these various topics seemed to converge, almost to overlap, in some instances, presenting a challenge as to how to move from one subject to another. Chapter 1, in this volume offers the bridge to Volume 23 and its final Chapter 7. This Volume 24 contains contributions pertaining to cell activities and the environment. Chapters 1-4 refer specifically to interactions between cells and the integration of cell activities. The focus is on a functional immune system, with antigenic challenge as a subtopic. In Chapters 5-7, the environment is considered from several points of view and the main subtopic here is the result of the consequences of connections and missed signals. The internal and external environments are treated, revealing what may happen when normal immune responses are interfered with. All this is integrated by the consideration of the three great regulatory systems, the ever-present network that somehow acts as the monitor or control for all incoming and outgoing signals.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology, 24
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1996
Contributors:	P. B. Armstrong
Editors:	E.l Cooper
Contributors:	G. Beck • E.l Cooper • C. Franceschi • A.J. Goven • G.S. Habicht • J. Kennedy • J.A. Olafsen • E. Ottaviani
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	249
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-79849-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Immunology > General
LSN:	3-642-79849-7
Barcode:	9783642798498

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