Cytolytic Lymphocytes and Complement Effectors of the Immune System

Podack, Eckhard R.

ISBN 10: 1315892200 / ISBN 13: 9781315892207

Published by CRC Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cytolytic Lymphocytes and Complement Effectors of the Immune System
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1315892200
• ISBN 13: 9781315892207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

These volumes, Cytolytic Lymphocytes and Complement: Effectors of the Immune System, originate from the realization that pathways of recognition and killings of foreign targets follow similar routes in the humoral and cellular part of the immune system. In particular, the homology of immunoglobins with the T-cell-MHC-antigen receptor at the beginning of the recognition sequence and the homology of complement component C9 with lymphocyte perforin 1 (P1) as pore formers at the end of the effector sequence are striking examples.

About the Author

Eckhard R. Podack, M. D., was appointed Full Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1987. Prior to this appointment, he had been Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology at the New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, since 1984. Dr. Podack is Associate Editor of the Journal of lrnmunology and Ad Hoc Reviewer for nine additional scientific journals. He reviews grant applications for the Veterans Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Fogarty International Fellowship Center, and the National Institutes of Health.