Evolutionary Mechanisms of Defense Reaction
Published in July 1998
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212 pages
978-3-7643-5813-6 (ISBN)
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This text represents an evolutionary approach to defence mechanisms of all living organisms. It evaluates the advantages and limitations of studying the development of defence reactions and reviews achievements of the past as well as current advances in this field.
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Vaclav Vetvicka | P. Sima
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Animals at the cell-aggregate body organization: porifera -humoral immunity, cellular immunity, conclusions; diblastic animals - humoral immunity, cellular immunity, conclusions; protostomes - annelida - the evolutionary significance of metamery and the coelom, the cells, the origin, humoral immunity, cellular immunity, conclusions; arthropoda; chelicerata - the cells and structures engaged in the immune reactions, humoral immunity, cellular immunity; crustacea - humoral immunity, cellular immunity; insecta - blood cells, haemopoietic structures and their possible relevance to immunity, humoral immunity, cellular immunity; mollusca - the haemopoietic tissues and organs, the gastropods, the bivalves, the cephalopods, humoral immunity, cellular immunity, conclusions; deuterostomes - echinodermata -the echinoderm coelomic derivatives and their possible role in immunity, the immune significance of coelomic tubular and perivisceral systems, humoral immunity, cellular immunity, conclusions; chordates - urochordata - the anatomical features of ascidians in regard to their possible immune significance, the immune significance of the pharyngeal region, other structures engaged in the immunity, humoral immunity, cellular immunity, conclusions; vertebrates - agnatha - origin, the immunocompetent tissues and organs, humoral immunity, cellular immunity; chondrichthyes - origins, the immunocompetent tissues and organs of chondrichthyans, development of lymphohaemopoiesis in elasmobranchs, humoral immunity, cellular immunity, conclusions; osteichthyes - origins, the immunocompetent tissues and organs of osteichthyans, cells, MHC antigens, nonspecific humoral immunity, nonspecific cellular immunity, cellular cooperation, conclusions; general conclusions.