Specialization and Complementation of Humoral Immune Responses to Infection

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Manser, Tim (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 319
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Virology.; Biomedicine.

In recent years the results of past studies on T cell dependent and T cell independent antibody responses have coalesced with discoveries regarding the roles of various primary B cell subsets and components of the innate immune system in conferring resistance to infectious pathogens. As a consequenc...

Table of Contents:

• Pattern Recognition by B Cells: The Role of Antigen Repetitiveness Versus Toll-Like Receptors
• The Multifunctional Role of Antibodies in the Protective Response to Bacterial T Cell-Independent Antigens
• B Cell Lineage Contributions to Antiviral Host Responses
• The Important and Diverse Roles of Antibodies in the Host Response to Borrelia Infections
• A Distinct Role for B1b Lymphocytes in T Cell-Independent Immunity
• Secretory Immunity Following Mutans Streptococcal Infection or Immunization.