InnateImmunitytoPulmonaryInfection

PartoftheprestigiousNovartisFoundationseries,thisvolumeuniquelyaddressestheuseofinnateimmunitytotreatorpreventinfectiousdiseasesofthelung.InnateImmunitytoPulmonaryInfection:Providesacomprehensiveoverviewofpulmonaryinfectiousdiseases,includingbasicpathology,currentandpotentialtherapies,anddetailedconsiderationoftheinnatebiologicalresistancemechanismsinthelungThoroughlyexaminesthemajortopicofinnateimmunityinimmunology,whichisnowseenaskeytothepathogenesisofandvaccinationstrategiesforinfectiousdiseasesDescribesthegeneticandenvironmentalfactorswhichdeterminetheoutcomeofinfection,suchaslatencyofTuberculosis,bloodstreaminvasionfromlocalinfection,andlocaltargettissuedamageCoverstherolesofcellssuchasneutrophils,macrophagesanddendriticcellsandofmolecularcomponentssuchasToll-likereceptorsDiscussestheclinicalapplicationsofthenewknowledgeregardinginnateimmunityandhowthiscanbeusedinbothtreatmentandprevention(vaccination)strategiesIncludescontributionsfromaninternationalandinterdisciplinarygroupofexpertsInnateImmunitytoPulmonaryInfectionisanessentialresourceforresearchersinbothindustryandacademia.Itisofinterestforallthoseinterestedinthedisciplinesofimmunology,virology,biology,biotechnologyandgenetics.