Nucleic Acid Sensors and Antiviral Immunity
Author | : Dr. Prakash Sambhara |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2012-11-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781498713658 |
ISBN-13 | : 1498713653 |
Rating | : 4/5 (653 Downloads) |
Download or read book Nucleic Acid Sensors and Antiviral Immunity written by Dr. Prakash Sambhara and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-11-26 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the late 1990s ushered in a new age of discovery for innate immunity. The importance of TLRs for immunology and biomedical research was recognized with the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 2011. The prize was shared by three scientists: Ralph Steinman (for the discovery of dendritic cells, whi