The primordial VRM system and the evolution of vertebrate immunity /
Stewart, John.
Austin : R.G. Landes,
1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Evolution as a perceptual tool -- Reconstruction of evolution -- Structure and function -- Defining what the immune system is -- Metchnikoff and the evolutionary origin of cellular immunity -- Compliment system -- Antibacterial peptides -- Aim of this book -- Elements for the construction of a hypothesis -- General background -- Genes -- Molecules -- Cells -- Organs -- Evolution of the structures of the VRM system -- Biological functions of the VRM system through phylogenesis -- First phase the emergence of a primordial VRM system -- Function of the primordial VRM system -- Subsequent evolution of the VRM system -- T cells and MHC -- Three consequences for immunological research -- CIS in mammals -- Comparative immunology in higher vertebrates -- Comparative immunology in primitive vertebrates.
Immunoglobulins
T cells
Immunogenetics.