1st Edition

Nucleic Acids in Innate Immunity

Edited By Ken J. Ishii, Shizuo Akira Copyright 2008
302 Pages
by CRC Press

302 Pages
by CRC Press

304 Pages
by CRC Press

Until recently, innate immunity was regarded as a relatively nonspecific system designed to engulf and destroy pathogens. However, new studies show that the innate immune system is highly developed in its ability to discriminate between self and foreign entities. Understanding this mechanism can lead to therapeutic strategies based on manipulation of this previously unexploited branch of the... Read more
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Ken J. Ishii, Shizuo Akira