Natural Immunity

ISBN: 9780444517555 出版年：2005 页码：397 Elsevier Science_RM

"Natural Immunity" is a broadly-based account of the activities of the evolutionarily conserved molecules, cells and processes of the natural immune system. This encompasses the early host protection against microbes (bacteria and viruses) and tumours, prior to the generation of the adaptive immune response, diverse major current pathologies including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, and key roles in essential physiological processes such as reproduction and wound healing. The first comprehensive book on natural immunityReviews new topics, effects of behaviour, aging, and exercise, and diet on natural immunityHighlights the physiological role of natural immunityFocuses on the relationship of the neuroendocrine system with natural immunityBrings together the diversity and complexity of natural immune system activity