Description "Natural Immunity" is a broadly-based account of the activities of the evolutionarily conserved molecules, cells and processes of the
natural immune system. This encompasses the early host protection against microbes (bacteria and viruses) and tumours, prior to the generation
of the adaptive immune response, diverse major current pathologies including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, and key roles in essential
physiological processes such as reproduction and wound healing.
Audience
Immunology researchers, teachers and students; neuroendocrinologists
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Host Defense Mechanisms
Host Defense: An Interaction of Neuroendocrine-,
Metabolic and Immune Mechanisms in the Interest of Survival
Epithelial, Secretory and Endogenous Host Defense
Antimicrobial
Peptides - The Defense Never Rests
Endogenous Cytoprotective Mechanisms
The Role of Bile Acids in Natural Resistance: Physico-Chemical
Host Defense
The Natural Immune System
A Historical Introduction of Natural Killer (NK) Cells and Current Status of
Their Role in Host Defenses
The Role of the Reticuloendothelial System in Natural Immunity
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