Innate Immunity & Inflammation

The innate immune system is the first line of defense against infection. It is a generic rather than pathogen-specific response that recruits immune cells to sites of infection, promotes inflammation, and activates the adaptive immune system. This book examines the cell types that make up the innate immune system, the chemical signals they use to communicate, and the mechanisms that drive inflammation and other consequences of immune activation.

About the author

Ruslan Medzhitov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and earned a B.S. at Tashkent State University before going on to pursue a Ph.D. in biochemistry at Moscow University in 1990. He performed his postdoctoral studies with the late Charles A. Janeway Jr. at Yale University Medical School.

Product details

• Authors: Ruslan Medzhitov
• Assisted by: Ruslan Medzhitov (Editor), Ruslan (Yale University School of Medicine) Medzhitov (Editor), Ruslan (Yale University) Medzhitov (Editor)
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2014
• EAN: 9781621820291
• ISBN: 978-1-62182-029-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 261 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 745 g
• Series: Cold Spring Harbor Perspective; Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine; Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine; Cold Spring Harbor Perspective
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine