Immunobiology of the shark /

Immunobiology of the shark / Shark edited by Sylvia L. Smith, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University; Robert B. Sim, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford; Martin F. Flajnik, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland at Baltimore. - xvii, 307 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The diversity and natural history of chondrichthyan fishes / Gregor M. Cailliet and David A. Ebert -- Athena and the evolution of adaptive immunity / Helen Dooley -- Shark reproduction, immune system development and maturation : a review / Lynn L. Rumfelt -- Sites of immune cell production in elasmobranch fishes : lymphomyeloid tissues and organs / Carl A. Luer, Catherine J. Walsh, and A.B. Bodine -- Elasmobranch blood cells / Ashley N. Haines and Jill E. Arnold -- Leukocyte function in elasmobranch species : phagocytosis, chemotaxis, and cytotoxicity / Catherine J. Walsh and Carl A. Luer -- Cytokines of cartilaginous fish / C.J. Secombes, J. Zou, and S. Bird -- Shark complement : genes, proteins and function / Sylvia L. Smith and Masaru Nonaka -- MHC molecules of cartilaginous fishes / Simona Bartl and Masaru Nonaka -- Considering V(D)J recombination in the shark / Ellen Hsu -- Shark immunoglobulin light chains / Michael F. Criscitiello -- Shark T-cell receptors / Michael F. Criscitiello -- The shark-family (cartilaginous fish) immunogenome / Byrappa Venkatesh and Yuko Ohta -- In vitro culture of elasmobranch cells / Catherine J. Walsh and Carl A. Luer -- Antimicrobial molecules of sharks and other elasmobranchs : a review / Nichole Hinds Vaughan and Sylvia L. Smith -- Shark-derived immunomodulators / Liza Merly and Sylvia L. Smith.

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Sharks--Immunology.
Chondrichthyes--Immunology.

QL638.97 / .I46 2014

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