Table of Contents

SECTION I: Plant Immunity.- 1 Pathogen Recognition and Signal Transduction in Plant Immunity.- 2 Plant Disease Resistance Genes.- 3 Nonhost Resistance in Plants to Microbial Pathogens.- SECTION II: Invertebrate Host Defense Immunity.- 4 Regulatory Co-options in the Evolution of Deuterostome Immune Systems.- 5 Antimicrobial Peptides in Insect Immunity.- 6 Innate Immunity in the Horseshoe Crab.- 7 Pattern Recognition Receptors in Drosophila.- 8 Humoral and Cellular Responses in Drosophila Innate Immunity.- 9 Thioester-Containing Proteins of Protostomes.- SECTION III: Mammalian Host Defenses: Pattern Recognition Receptors.- 10 Toll-Like Receptors.- 11 The Macrophage Mannose Receptor and Innate Immunity.- 12 Diverse Roles of Lung Collectins in Pulmonary Innate Immunity.- 13 Structures of Complement Control Proteins.- 14 Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein and CD14.- SECTION IV: Mammalian Host Defenses: Links Between Innate and Adaptive Immunity.- 15 The Role of Chemokines in Linking Innate and Adaptive Immunity.- 16 Antimicrobial Peptides.- 17 The Role of Complement in Innate and Adaptive Immunity.- 18 The Role of Natural Killer Cells in Innate Immunity to Infection.- 19 Innate Immune Signaling During Phagocytosis.- 20 The Role of Mast Cells in Innate Immunity.- 21 CD1-Restricted T-Cells.