Insect Immunology
- 1st Edition - December 18, 2007
- Latest edition
- Editor: Nancy E. Beckage
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Approx.360 pages
Key features
Key features
- 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
Readership
Readership
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.
Table of contents
Table of contents
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
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
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 15, 2014
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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Nancy E. Beckage
Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Department of Entomology, Riverside, USAView book on ScienceDirect
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