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The evolution of the immune system : conservation and diversification / [edited by] Davide Malagoli.

Contributor(s): Malagoli, Davide [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780128020135; 012802013XSubject(s): Immune system -- Evolution | Immunology | HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General | MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine | MEDICAL -- Diseases | MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine | MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine | Immune system -- Evolution | ImmunologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Evolution of the Immune System : Conservation and Diversification.DDC classification: 616.07/9 LOC classification: QR182.2.E94Online resources: ScienceDirect
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Content; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Hematopoiesis and Hemocytes in Pancrustacean and Molluscan Models; Chapter 2 -- Origin and Functions of Tunicate Hemocytes; Chapter 3 -- Lymphocyte Populations in Jawless Vertebrates: Insights Into the Origin and Evolution of Adaptive Immunity; Chapter 4 -- The Evolution of Lymphocytes in Ectothermic Gnathostomata; Chapter 5 -- Vertebrate Cytokines and Their Evolution; Chapter 6 -- The Evolution of Complement System Functions and Pathways in Vertebrates.
Chapter 7 -- Antiviral Immunity: Origin and Evolution in VertebratesChapter 8 -- Lectins as Innate Immune Recognition Factors: Structural, Functional, and Evolutionary Aspects; Chapter 9 -- Origin and Evolution of the Neuro-Immune Cross-Talk in Immunity; Chapter 10 -- The Immune-Related Rolesand the Evolutionary History of Dscam in Arthropods; Chapter 11 -- Structural and Functional Diversity of Fibrinogen-Related Domains; Chapter 12 -- Genomic Instability and Shared Mechanisms for Gene Diversification in Two Distant Immune Gene Families: The Pl ...
Chapter 13 -- The Evolution of the Toll-Like Receptor SystemChapter 14 -- The Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex in Teleosts; Subject Index; Back cover; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Hematopoiesis in pancrustacean models; 3 -- Molluscan hematopoiesis; 4 -- Hematopoiesis in pancrustacean and molluscan models: final considerations; 5 -- Hemocytes in pancrustacean and molluscan models; 6 -- Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Ascidian circulation; 3 -- Ascidian hemocytes; 4 -- Immune role of tunicate hemocytes; 5 -- Humoral factors produced by hemocytes.
6 -- Ascidian hemocytes and oxidative stress response7 -- Hemocytes of pelagic tunicates; 8 -- Concluding remarks; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Overview of VLRs; 3 -- Three populations of agnathan lymphocytes; 4 -- Lymphocyte development in jawless vertebrates; 5 -- Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Fishes; 3 -- Conclusions; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- The IL-1 cytokine family; 3 -- The IL-2 cytokine family (gC cytokines); 4 -- IL-6/IL-12 superfamily; 5 -- IL-10 family; 6 -- IL-17 family; 7 -- TNF family; References; 1 -- Introduction.
2 -- Invertebrate complement system representing an ancestral architecture of vertebrate system3 -- Phylogeny of complement pathways; 4 -- Phylogeny of complement receptors; 5 -- Phylogeny of the regulatory mechanism of complement activation; 6 -- Evolutionary significance of multiple isoforms in teleost complement components; 7 -- Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Virus-sensing pattern recognition receptors; 3 -- RNA interference; 4 -- Type I IFNs; 5 -- IFN receptors; 6 -- Downstream modulators of the interferon response; 7 -- Conclusions; Acknowledgments.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 6, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Content; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Hematopoiesis and Hemocytes in Pancrustacean and Molluscan Models; Chapter 2 -- Origin and Functions of Tunicate Hemocytes; Chapter 3 -- Lymphocyte Populations in Jawless Vertebrates: Insights Into the Origin and Evolution of Adaptive Immunity; Chapter 4 -- The Evolution of Lymphocytes in Ectothermic Gnathostomata; Chapter 5 -- Vertebrate Cytokines and Their Evolution; Chapter 6 -- The Evolution of Complement System Functions and Pathways in Vertebrates.

Chapter 7 -- Antiviral Immunity: Origin and Evolution in VertebratesChapter 8 -- Lectins as Innate Immune Recognition Factors: Structural, Functional, and Evolutionary Aspects; Chapter 9 -- Origin and Evolution of the Neuro-Immune Cross-Talk in Immunity; Chapter 10 -- The Immune-Related Rolesand the Evolutionary History of Dscam in Arthropods; Chapter 11 -- Structural and Functional Diversity of Fibrinogen-Related Domains; Chapter 12 -- Genomic Instability and Shared Mechanisms for Gene Diversification in Two Distant Immune Gene Families: The Pl ...

Chapter 13 -- The Evolution of the Toll-Like Receptor SystemChapter 14 -- The Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex in Teleosts; Subject Index; Back cover; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Hematopoiesis in pancrustacean models; 3 -- Molluscan hematopoiesis; 4 -- Hematopoiesis in pancrustacean and molluscan models: final considerations; 5 -- Hemocytes in pancrustacean and molluscan models; 6 -- Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Ascidian circulation; 3 -- Ascidian hemocytes; 4 -- Immune role of tunicate hemocytes; 5 -- Humoral factors produced by hemocytes.

6 -- Ascidian hemocytes and oxidative stress response7 -- Hemocytes of pelagic tunicates; 8 -- Concluding remarks; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Overview of VLRs; 3 -- Three populations of agnathan lymphocytes; 4 -- Lymphocyte development in jawless vertebrates; 5 -- Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Fishes; 3 -- Conclusions; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- The IL-1 cytokine family; 3 -- The IL-2 cytokine family (gC cytokines); 4 -- IL-6/IL-12 superfamily; 5 -- IL-10 family; 6 -- IL-17 family; 7 -- TNF family; References; 1 -- Introduction.

2 -- Invertebrate complement system representing an ancestral architecture of vertebrate system3 -- Phylogeny of complement pathways; 4 -- Phylogeny of complement receptors; 5 -- Phylogeny of the regulatory mechanism of complement activation; 6 -- Evolutionary significance of multiple isoforms in teleost complement components; 7 -- Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Virus-sensing pattern recognition receptors; 3 -- RNA interference; 4 -- Type I IFNs; 5 -- IFN receptors; 6 -- Downstream modulators of the interferon response; 7 -- Conclusions; Acknowledgments.

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