Trends in Innate Immunity

Foreword: Egesten, A.; Schmidt, A.; Herwald, H.; From Darwin and Metchnikoff to Burnet and Beyond: Cooper, E.L.; General Introduction to Innate Immunity: Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde Quality of the Innate Immune System: Zanker, K.S.; The Innate Immune System of Mammals and Insects: Muller, U.; Vogel, P.; Alber, G.; Schaub, G.A.; Pattern Recognition Receptors and Their Role in Innate Immunity: Focus on Microbial Protein Ligands: Areschoug, T.; Gordon, S.; Antimicrobial Peptides in Innate Immune Responses: Sorensen, O.E.; Borregaard, N.; Cole, A.M.; Complement: An Efficient Sword of Innate Immunity: Rambach, G.; Wurzner, R.; Speth, C.; Antibacterial Chemokines - Actors in Both Innate and Adaptive Immunity: Eliasson, M.; Egesten, A.; The Role of Neutrophils and Monocytes in Innate Immunity: Kantari, C.; Pederzoli-Ribeil, M.; Witko-Sarsat, V.; Innate Immune Functions of the Airway Epithelium: Bartlett, J.A.; Fischer, A.J.; McCray Jr, P.B.; Oxidative Innate Immune Defenses by Nox/Duox Family NADPH Oxidases: Rada, B.; Leto, T.L.; Aging and Impairment of Innate Immunity: Nomellini, V.; Gomez, C.R.; Kovacs, E.J.; Author Index; Subject Index.