Insect Immunity

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Insect Immunity, Volume 52 provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect chemists, providing invaluable chapters on Insect Antimicrobial Defenses: A Brief History, Recent Findings, Biases, and a Way Forward in Evolutionary Studies, Phagocytosis in Insect Immunity, The Melanization Response in Insect Immunity, Microbiota, Gut Physiology, and Insect Immunity, Intestinal Stem Cells: A Decade of Intensive Research in Drosophila and the Road Ahead, and Insect Symbiosis and Immunity: The Bean Bug–Burkholderia Interaction as a Case Study, along with other related topics. Content: CopyrightPage iv ContributorsPages ix-x PrefacePages xi-xivPetros Ligoxygakis Chapter One - Insect Antimicrobial Defences: A Brief History, Recent Findings, Biases, and a Way Forward in Evolutionary StudiesPages 1-33Naomi L.P. Keehnen, Jens Rolff, Ulrich Theopold, Christopher W. Wheat Chapter Two - Phagocytosis in Insect ImmunityPages 35-82Ashley E. Nazario-Toole, Louisa P. Wu Chapter Three - The Melanization Response in Insect ImmunityPages 83-109Johnny Nakhleh, Layla El Moussawi, Mike A. Osta Chapter Four - Microbiota, Gut Physiology, and Insect ImmunityPages 111-138Ji-Hoon Lee, Kyung-Ah Lee, Won-Jae Lee Chapter Five - Intestinal Stem Cells: A Decade of Intensive Research in Drosophila and the Road AheadPages 139-178Yiorgos Apidianakis, Vasilia Tamamouna, Savvas Teloni, Chrysoula Pitsouli Chapter Six - Insect Symbiosis and Immunity: The Bean Bug–Burkholderia Interaction as a Case StudyPages 179-197Jiyeun K. Kim, Bok L. Lee Chapter Seven - Exploiting Innate Immunity for Biological Pest ControlPages 199-230Fei Liu, Wuren Huang, Kai Wu, Zhongying Qiu, Yuan Huang, Erjun Ling Chapter Eight - Immunology of Insect Vectors: Midgut Interactions of Sandflies and Tsetse with Kinetoplastid Parasites as a Paradigm for Establishing InfectionPages 231-248Megan A. Sloan, Petros Ligoxygakis