Invertebrate Cytokines and the Phylogeny of Immunity

Facts and Paradoxes

Alain Beschin, Werner E. G. Müller

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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
10 October 2003

Biochemical immunology; Zoology: Invertebrates

Series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology

Based on the assumption that invertebrates as well as vertebrates possess factors regulating hematopoiesis, response to infection or wounding, studies dealing with the evolution of immunity have focused on the isolation and characterization of putative cytokine-related molecules from invertebrates. Until recently, most of our knowledge of cytokine- and cytokine receptor-like molecules in invertebrates has relied on functional assays and similarities at the physicochemical level. As such, a phylogenetic relationship between invertebrate cytokine-like molecules and invertebrate counterparts could not be convincingly demonstrated. In the present book, recent studies demonstrating cytokine-like activities and related signaling pathways in invertebrates are critically reviewed, focusing on findings from molecular biology and taking advantage of the completion of the genome from the fly Drosophila and the worm Caenorhabditis elegans.

Edited by: Alain Beschin, Werner E. G. Müller
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: 2004 ed.
Volume: 34
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 508g
ISBN: 9783540404071
ISBN 10: 3540404074
Series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 10 October 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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