The evolution of the immune system : conservation and diversification

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Content; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1

Hematopoiesis and Hemocytes in Pancrustacean and Molluscan Models; Chapter 2

Origin and Functions of Tunicate Hemocytes; Chapter 3

Lymphocyte Populations in Jawless Vertebrates: Insights Into the Origin and Evolution of Adaptive Immunity; Chapter 4

The Evolution of Lymphocytes in Ectothermic Gnathostomata; Chapter 5

Vertebrate Cytokines and Their Evolution; Chapter 6

The Evolution of Complement System Functions and Pathways in Vertebrates. Chapter 7

Antiviral Immunity: Origin and Evolution in VertebratesChapter 8

Lectins as Innate Immune Recognition Factors: Structural, Functional, and Evolutionary Aspects; Chapter 9

Origin and Evolution of the Neuro-Immune Cross-Talk in Immunity; Chapter 10

The Immune-Related Rolesand the Evolutionary History of Dscam in Arthropods; Chapter 11

Structural and Functional Diversity of Fibrinogen-Related Domains; Chapter 12

Genomic Instability and Shared Mechanisms for Gene Diversification in Two Distant Immune Gene Families: The Pl ... Chapter 13

The Evolution of the Toll-Like Receptor SystemChapter 14

The Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex in Teleosts; Subject Index; Back cover; 1

Introduction; 2

Hematopoiesis in pancrustacean models; 3

Molluscan hematopoiesis; 4

Hematopoiesis in pancrustacean and molluscan models: final considerations; 5

Hemocytes in pancrustacean and molluscan models; 6

Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; 1

Introduction; 2

Ascidian circulation; 3

Ascidian hemocytes; 4

Immune role of tunicate hemocytes; 5

Humoral factors produced by hemocytes. 6

Ascidian hemocytes and oxidative stress response7

Hemocytes of pelagic tunicates; 8

Concluding remarks; References; 1

Introduction; 2

Overview of VLRs; 3

Three populations of agnathan lymphocytes; 4

Lymphocyte development in jawless vertebrates; 5

Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 1

Introduction; 2

Fishes; 3

Conclusions; References; 1

Introduction; 2

The IL-1 cytokine family; 3

The IL-2 cytokine family (gC cytokines); 4

IL-6/IL-12 superfamily; 5

IL-10 family; 6

IL-17 family; 7

TNF family; References; 1

Introduction. 2

Invertebrate complement system representing an ancestral architecture of vertebrate system3

Phylogeny of complement pathways; 4

Phylogeny of complement receptors; 5

Phylogeny of the regulatory mechanism of complement activation; 6

Evolutionary significance of multiple isoforms in teleost complement components; 7

Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; 1

Introduction; 2

Virus-sensing pattern recognition receptors; 3

RNA interference; 4

Type I IFNs; 5

IFN receptors; 6

Downstream modulators of the interferon response; 7

Conclusions; Acknowledgments