Main description:

The Innate Immune System: A Compositional and Functional Perspective focuses on the components and functionality of the innate immune system, detailing how they work in their own right, and then progressing to cover their relevance to disease and how they interface with the adaptive response.

Despite the growing appreciation of the importance of the innate immune system, many classical immunology books still focus predominantly on the adaptive immune response. Not only is this unbalanced, but it fails to reflect the growing synergy between the activation and function of the innate response and the final nature of adaptive response. This book fills the gap in knowledge that is needed to fully understand and appreciate the topic.

Contents:

Section 1. A Snapshot of the Innate Immune System Section 2. Immune Cells and the Process of Pattern Recognition Section 3. Effector Mechanisms and Cellular Outputs Section 4. Integrated Innate Immunity - Combining Activation and Effector Functions Section 5. Connecting the Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Section 6. The Innate Immune System in Health and Disease