Edited by:
Nancy E. Beckage (University of California Department of Entomology Riverside USA)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 690g
ISBN: 9780123739766
ISBN 10: 0123739764
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 18 December 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface: An Insect's Perspective on Immunity 1: Insect and Vertebrate Immunity: Key Similarities versus Differences Otto Schmidt, Ulrich Theopold and Nancy E. Beckage 2: Insect Hemocytes and their Role in Immunity Michael R. Strand 3: Eicosanoid Actions in Insect Immunology David W. Stanley and Jon S. Miller 4: Phenoloxidases in Insect Immunity Michael R. Kanost and Maureen J. Gorman 5: Evidence for Specificity and Memory in the Insect Innate Immune Response Linh N. Pham and David S. Schneider 6: Bidirectional Connections Between the Immune System and the Nervous System in Insects Shelley Anne Adamo 7: Bloodfeeding as an Interface of Mammalian and Arthropod Immunity Leyla Akman-Anderson, Yoram Vodovotz, Ruben Zamora, and Shirley Luckhart 8: Mosquito Immunity to the Malaria Parasite Lindsey S. Garver, Luke Baton and George Dimopoulos 9: Insect Immunity to Viruses Wendy O. Sparks, Lyric C. Bartholomay and Byrony C. Bonning 10: Parasitoid Polydnaviruses and Insect Immunity Nancy E. Beckage 11: Insect Immune Recognition and Suppression Otto Schmidt 12: RNAi and the Insect Immune System Stuart E. Reynolds and Ioannis Eleftherianos 13: Epilogue: Pathways into the Future of Insect Immunology Nancy E. Beckage
