Insect Immunology

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-12-373976-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 699 g

Approx.360 pages

Zielgruppe

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beckage, Nancy E

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemische Immunologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Insekten (Entomologie)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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