Mechanisms of Lymphocyte Activation and Immune Regulation X
Subtitle: Innate Immunity (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Contributors: Sudhir Gupta (Editor); William E. Paul (Editor); Ralph Steinman (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780387241883
Subjects: Medical / Nursing; Medical; Biochemistry; Immunology; Rheumatology; Medical / Immunology; Medical : Biochemistry; Medical : Rheumatology; Congresses; Immune response; Lymphocyte transformation; Natural immunity; Regulation
First sentence: Against invading microorganisms, vertebrates including mammals develop innate immune systems, which are activated by microbial components possessing conserved structures called pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs); including bacterial cell wall components, and viral genomic DNA and RNA.