Eco-immunology

Enzo Ottaviani

ISBN 10: 9401787115 / ISBN 13: 9789401787116

Edité par Springer Netherlands Apr 2014, 2014

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book represents a cutting-edge contribution giving an all-around perspective of eco-immunology today. Beside questions of the utmost importance for the whole community of immunologists, e.g, the intrinsic limits of immunological experiments performed at the bench on a limited number of selected models, the book covers several other facets of the eco-immunological approach, including host-parasite interactions, human aging and population immunology. Throughout the book the importance of population dynamics and evolutionary diversification of immune systems is frequently recalled, and makes the reader aware of the basic similarities and differences existing between humans and the models adopted for studying human immune system. The evidenced differences have been recently challenging the reliability of several established animal models and in the book it is discussed for the first time in analytical terms whether mice are reliable models of human inflammatory disorders. 192 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: Eco-immunology
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands Apr 2014
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9401787115
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789401787116
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 17 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 17 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 459 grammes

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This book represents a cutting-edge contribution giving an all-around perspective of eco-immunology today. Beside questions of the utmost importance for the whole community of immunologists, e.g, the intrinsic limits of immunological experiments performed at the bench on a limited number of selected models, the book covers several other facets of the eco-immunological approach, including host-parasite interactions, human aging and population immunology. Throughout the book the importance of population dynamics and evolutionary diversification of immune systems is frequently recalled, and makes the reader aware of the basic similarities and differences existing between humans and the models adopted for studying human immune system. The evidenced differences have been recently challenging the reliability of several established animal models and in the book it is discussed for the first time in analytical terms whether mice are reliable models of human inflammatory disorders.