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Approx.360 pages
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
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.
Preface: An Insect's Perspective on Immunity
1: Insect and Vertebrate Immunity: Key Similarities versus Differences Otto Schmidt, Ulrich Theopold and Nancy E. Beckage
2: Insect Hemocytes and their Role in Immunity Michael R. Strand
3: Eicosanoid Actions in Insect Immunology David W. Stanley and Jon S. Miller
4: Phenoloxidases in Insect Immunity Michael R. Kanost and Maureen J. Gorman
5: Evidence for Specificity and Memory in the Insect Innate Immune Response Linh N. Pham and David S. Schneider
6: Bidirectional Connections Between the Immune System and the Nervous System in Insects Shelley Anne Adamo
7: Bloodfeeding as an Interface of Mammalian and Arthropod Immunity Leyla Akman-Anderson, Yoram Vodovotz, Ruben Zamora, and Shirley Luckhart
8: Mosquito Immunity to the Malaria Parasite Lindsey S. Garver, Luke Baton and George Dimopoulos
9: Insect Immunity to Viruses Wendy O. Sparks, Lyric C. Bartholomay and Byrony C. Bonning
10: Parasitoid Polydnaviruses and Insect Immunity Nancy E. Beckage
11: Insect Immune Recognition and Suppression Otto Schmidt
12: RNAi and the Insect Immune System Stuart E. Reynolds and Ioannis Eleftherianos
13: Epilogue: Pathways into the Future of Insect Immunology Nancy E. Beckage
No. of pages: 360
Language: English
Published: December 18, 2007
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780123739766
eBook ISBN: 9780080556338
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Nancy E. Beckage
Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Department of Entomology, Riverside, USA