Insect Immunology

Preface: An Insect's Perspective on Immunity <br><br>1: Insect and Vertebrate Immunity: Key Similarities versus Differences <br>Otto Schmidt, Ulrich Theopold and Nancy E. Beckage <br><br>2: Insect Hemocytes and their Role in Immunity <br>Michael R. Strand <br><br>3: Eicosanoid Actions in Insect Immunology <br>David W. Stanley and Jon S. Miller <br><br>4: Phenoloxidases in Insect Immunity <br>Michael R. Kanost and Maureen J. Gorman <br><br>5: Evidence for Specificity and Memory in the Insect Innate Immune Response <br>Linh N. Pham and David S. Schneider <br><br>6: Bidirectional Connections Between the Immune System and the Nervous System in Insects <br>Shelley Anne Adamo <br><br>7: Bloodfeeding as an Interface of Mammalian and Arthropod Immunity <br>Leyla Akman-Anderson, Yoram Vodovotz, Ruben Zamora, and Shirley Luckhart <br><br>8: Mosquito Immunity to the Malaria Parasite <br>Lindsey S. Garver, Luke Baton and George Dimopoulos <br><br>9: Insect Immunity to Viruses <br>Wendy O. Sparks, Lyric C. Bartholomay and Byrony C. Bonning <br><br>10: Parasitoid Polydnaviruses and Insect Immunity <br>Nancy E. Beckage <br><br>11: Insect Immune Recognition and Suppression <br>Otto Schmidt <br><br>12: RNAi and the Insect Immune System <br>Stuart E. Reynolds and Ioannis Eleftherianos <br><br>13: Epilogue: Pathways into the Future of Insect Immunology <br>Nancy E. Beckage