Bacterial Evasion of Host Immune Responses

Name: Bacterial Evasion of Host Immune Responses
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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Our survival as multicellular organisms requires the constant surveillance of our internal and external (mucosal) environments by the multifarious elements of the innate and acquired systems of immunity. The objective of this surveillance, expensive as it is to the organisms, is to recognise and kill invading microorganisms. Over the past fifty years the cells and mediators involved in our immune defences have been painstakingly identified. However, it is only relatively recently that the ability of microorganisms to evade immunity has been recognised and investigated. Bacterial Evasion of Host Immune Responses introduces the reader to the mechanisms used by bacteria to evade both humoral and cellular immune responses, using systems ranging in complexity from the simple quorum sensing molecules - acyl homoserine lactones - to the supramolecular syringe-like devices of type III secretion systems. This book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students in microbiology, immunology, pharmacology and molecular medicine.

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Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 330
Release Date:: 2003-04-28
Publication Date:: 2003-05-08
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0521801737
ISBN13:: 9780521801737
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Weight:: 630 g
Height:: 157 cm
Width:: 235 cm
Thickness:: 22 cm

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