Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) and Innate Immunity

Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) and Innate Immunity (Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology)
by Stefan Bauer (Editor), Gunther Hartmann (Editor)

Product Details
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 8, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540721665

Book Description
Overall recent research on TLRs has led to tremendous increase in our understanding of early steps in pathogen recognition and will presumably lead to potent TLR targeting therapeutics in the future. This book reviews and highlights our recent understanding on the function and ligands of TLRs as well as their role in autoimmunity, dendritic cell activation and target structures for therapeutic intervention.

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Avian Immunology

Avian Immunology
by Fred Davison (Editor), Bernd Kaspers (Editor), Karel A. Schat (Editor)

Product Details
Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (February 27, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0123706343

Book Description
The science underpinning avian immunology is crucial to understanding basic immunological principles and the exceptional features of the avian immune system, as different strategies birds have adopted can provide important evolutionary insights. This book provides the most complete picture of the avian immune system so far. The world-wide importance of poultry protein for the human diet, the threat of an avian influenza pandemic and heavy reliance on vaccination to protect commercial flocks world-wide demonstrates the need to review the important practical lessons in disease control presented here.

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