Invertebrate Immune Defense Mechanisms
Author | : Ronald T. Acton |
Publisher | : Ardent Media |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780842270540 |
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Author | : Ronald T. Acton |
Publisher | : Ardent Media |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780842270540 |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Immunology |
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Author | : Karl Maramorosch |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2012-12-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0323153267 |
Invertebrate Immunity: Mechanisms of Invertebrate Vector-Parasite Relations consists of chapters presented at a workshop on invertebrate defense mechanisms, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and held in Bethesda, Maryland, on April 17 and 18, 1974. Organized into four parts, having a total of 24 chapters, this book first discusses the barrier imposed by the gut of invertebrates to invading parasites. It then centers on the role of invertebrate hemocytes and other phagocytic cells in immunity, as well as the humoral defense mechanisms of these organisms. Other topics discussed include parasite encapsulation in insects, role of melanin in host-parasite interaction, and use of host hormones by insect parasites to make the host environment favorable for their growth and development. This book will be essential for those interested in comparative immunology and in invertebrate immune responses. It will be of special interest to entomologists, protozoologists, physicians, veterinarians, ecologists, pathologists, research workers, science teachers, and graduate students.
Author | : Bruce Alberts |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Cytology |
ISBN | : 9780815332183 |
Author | : M. Brehelin |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1986-03 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
In 1822, E. Metchnikoff discovered phagocytosis while he was studying starfish larvae. The following year, while carrying out experiments on Daphnia (Crustacea), the same author demonstrated the scale of the phe nomen in the defence of the organism. Finally, between 1891 and 1910, L. Cuenot was the first to reveal lymphoid organs, in crustaceans and in sects; some of these organs playa role in both phagocytosis and inhaema topoieses. With rare exceptions, research into defence reactions in invertebrates was meagre in quantity and sometimes meagre in quality from then until the mid-1960's. The renewal of interest in the subject over the past few years is now well established, and invertebrates are no longer the poor re lation of immunity research. Three of the many reasons which have been found to account for this renewal of interest can be stressed. One concerns the preoccupations of fundamental research and the other two are associated with applied re search. Firstly, there is hope of fmding defence mechanisms in inverte brates that are new (or not yet known) or of using phylogenesis to fmd explanations for phenomena in vertebrates which are still unaccounted for.
Author | : Edwin L. Cooper |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 3642796931 |
E. L. Cooper The Immunodefense System Because invertebrates are exceedingly diverse and numerous, estimates reveal nearly 2 million species classified in more than 20 phyla from unicellular organisms up to the complex, multicellular protostomes and deuterostomes. It is not surprising to find less diverse defense/immune responses whose effector mechanisms remain to be completely elucidated. Of course, I am not advocating that the few of us devoted to analyzing invertebrate immunity attempt the Herculean task of examining all these species to uncover some kind of unique response! As these two volumes will reveal, we are doing fairly well in examining in depth only the most miniscule examples of invertebrates, some of which have great effects on human populations such as edible crustaceans or insect pests. This is in striking contrast to the mass of information on the mammalian immune response which has been derived essentially from the mouse, a member of one phylum, Vertebrata, an approach, reductionist to be sure, but one that has served well both the technological and conceptual advances of immunology as a disci pline. The essential framework of immunology, the overwhelming burst of results since the 1960s, have emanated primarily from this single animal. We should not forget the thymus and the bird's bursa of Fabricius, without which we might have been slower to recognize the bipartite T /B system.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
Gives a description of the strategies for survival of an extensive range of organisms. The defence mechanisms of micro-organisms, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates are described. The text predominantly focusses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms used by organisms to protect themselves against biotic and abiotic stresses. The need for a cost effective training scheme for new and existing staff at all levels has been met by the University of Greenwich (formerly Thames Polytechnic) and the Open University of the Netherlands. As part of the Community Education and Technology Training initiative (COMETT) and in conjunction with a number of UK and european universities, they have developed BIOTOL, a training scheme in biotechnology using open learning material which will provide tailor-made courses, flexible in context, pace and place.
Author | : Holger Heine |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2007-12-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3540739300 |
This book has been cunningly designed to provide an overview of our current knowledge about the innate immune systems of these three types of organisms. It not only covers the innate immune mechanisms and responses of such diverse organisms as plants, Cnidaria, Drosophila, urochordates and zebrafish, but also the major receptor systems in mammalians and humans. It delves too into the central defense mechanisms, antimicrobial peptides and the complement system.
Author | : Kenneth Söderhäll |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2011-06-28 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1441980598 |
It can be seen that the insects are the still attracting most research and researchers. However, an increasing interest is emerging to study new invertebrate groups, especially those where the genome is known. Even though Drosophila has been and still is an excellent model for immune studies, it is now clear that there are great differences between immune responses in Drosophila and that of several other invertebrates, which indeed calls for more research on other invertebrates
Author | : Kenneth Murphy |
Publisher | : Garland Science |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2010-06-22 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780815344575 |
The Janeway's Immunobiology CD-ROM, Immunobiology Interactive, is included with each book, and can be purchased separately. It contains animations and videos with voiceover narration, as well as the figures from the text for presentation purposes.