| Summary: | Defense Molecules is a broad-ranging examination of defense mechanisms that have evolved in plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. An international group of investigators consider various universal biological approaches to host protection--from cellular recognition phenomena to detailed molecular analysis of receptor, effector, and regulatory molecules. Contributions focus on basic defense mechanisms, irrespective of the organism under consideration. Some of the specific topics covered include: the role of phagocytes/macrophages in defense, non-immunoglobulin defense mechanisms, alloreactivity, T-Lymphocytes, the evolution of antibodies and major histocompatibility complex, as well as the evolution of cytokines in disease and immunosuppression.
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