Structural Immunology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jin, Tengchuan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Yin, Qian (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1172
• Subjects: Immunology.; Proteins .; Molecular biology.; Protein Structure.; Molecular Medicine.; Receptors.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of important immune molecules and their structure-function relationships. The immune system is highly complex, consisting of a network of molecules, cells, tissues and organs, and the immune reaction is involved in various physiological as well as patholog...

Table of Contents:

• Structural basis for signalling through shared common g chain cytokines
• MHC Molecules, T Cell Receptors, Natural Killer Cell Receptors, and Viral Immunoevasins-Key Elements of Adaptive and Innate Immunity
• Structures of Immune Checkpoints: An Overview on the CD28-B7 Family
• Interleukin-10 family cytokines immunobiology and structure
• Structural insights into the interleukin-17 family cytokines and their receptors
• Structural biology of NOD-like receptors
• AIM2 Inflammasome Assembly and Signaling
• Structures of RIG-I-like receptors and insights into viral RNA sensing
• Structural Insight of Gasdermin Family Driving Pyroptotic Cell Death
• NF-κB, IκB, and IKK: Integral Components of Immune System Signaling.