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Invertebrate Cytokines and the Phylogeny of Immunity - Facts and Paradoxes

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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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.

Sommario

Invertebrate Humoral Factors: Cytokines as Mediators of Cell Survival.- Cytokines in Drosophila Hematopoiesis and Cellular Immunity.- Analogies Between Drosophila and Mammalian TRAF Pathways.- Regulation of BMP and Activin Signaling in Drosophila.- The Chemokine Networks in Sponges: Potential Roles in Morphogenesis, Immunity and Stem Cell Formation.- Functional Convergence of Invertebrate and Vertebrate Cytokine-Like Molecules Based on a Similar Lectin-Like Activity.- Tunicate Cytokine-like Molecules and Their Involvement in Host Defense Responses.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

Con la collaborazione di Alai Beschin (Editore), Alain Beschin (Editore), A. Beschirn (Editore), E G Müller (Editore), E G Müller (Editore), W. E. G. Müller (Editore), Werner E G Müller (Editore), Werner E. G. Müller (Editore)
Editore Springer, Berlin
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Copertina rigida
Pubblicazione 16.10.2003
 
EAN 9783540404071
ISBN 978-3-540-40407-1
Pagine 184
Peso 506 g
Illustrazioni XI, 184 p.
Serie Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
Categorie Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Microbiologia

Biochemie, B, Immunologie, Immunology, Life Sciences, biochemistry, molecular biology, infection, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biochemistry, general, Cell Biology, Invertebrates, stem cells, Stem Cell, immunity, receptor, phylogeny

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