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Insect Immunology
Edited by Nancy Beckage
Academic Press
2008
Hardcover 360 pp ISBN 9780123739766
£52.00
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This work is the first book-length publication on the topic of insect immunology since 1991, complimenting
earlier works by offering a fresh perspective on current research. Interactions of host immune systems
with both parasites and pathogens are presented as well as the genomics and proteomics approaches which
have been lacking in other publication.
- Encompasses the most important topics of insect immunology including mechanisms, genes,
proteins, evolution
and phylogeny
- Provides comprehensive coverage of topics important to medical researchers including Drosophila
as a model for
studying cellular and humoral immune mechanisms, biochemical mediators of immunity, and insect blood cells and
their functions
- Most up-to-date information published with contributions from international leaders in the field
Of interest to industry and government scientists in areas related to entomology, immunology, vector
biology and disease transmission, pattern recognition processes, pathology, physiology, and biochemistry;
medically-oriented immunologists, cell biologists and hematologists; upper level undergraduates, graduate
students, postdoctoral researchers.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
- Insect and Vertebrate Immunity Key Similarities versus Differences
- Insect Hemocytes and Their Role in Immunity,
- Eicosanoid Actions in Insect Immunology,
- Phenoloxidases in Insect Immunity,
- Evidence for Specificity and Memory in the Insect Innate Immune Response
- Bidirectional Connections Between the Immune System and the Nervous System in Insects
- Blood feeding as an Interface of Mammalian and Arthropod Immunity
- Mosquito Immunity to the Malaria Parasite
- Insect Immunity to Viruses
- Parasitoid Polydnaviruses and Insect Immunity
- Insect Immune Recognition and Suppression
- RNAi and the Insect Immune System
- Epilogue Pathways into the Future of Insect Immunology
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