TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Innate Immunity A1 - Beutler, Bruce A2 - Kaushansky, Kenneth A2 - Lichtman, Marshall A. A2 - Prchal, Josef T. A2 - Levi, Marcel M. A2 - Press, Oliver W. A2 - Burns, Linda J. A2 - Caligiuri, Michael Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Williams Hematology, 9e AB - SUMMARYThe innate immune system provides immediate protection against infection and serves an essential antigen-presenting role that allows the adaptive immune response to occur during the days and weeks that follow. The sensory apparatus that allows detection of infectious microbes has been deciphered in large part, and it is now known that Toll-like receptors, NOD-like receptors, RIG-I–like helicases, C-type lectin receptors, and cytosolic sensors of DNA, most notably cyclic guanosine monophosphate/adenosine monophosphate synthetase, permit recognition of specific molecules of microbial origin. Much has also been learned of the biochemical events that follow activation of these sensors. Susceptibility to infection in humans is strongly heritable, and among the many loci that influence it, those that encode proteins vital to the innate immune response are of central importance. Moreover, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases are dependent upon the activation of innate immune signaling pathways. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121090051 ER -