title: Innate immunity in the Aegean: ancient pathways for today's survival.
abstract: A workshop on innate immunity that took place this past autumn in Fira, Santorini, as part of the Aegean Conferences, provided tantalizing evidence about the early origin and evolutionary conservation of humoral and cellular components of innate immunity from sponges, flies and sea squirts to man, uncovered mechanistic aspects of its fundamental role in defense against disease, as well as the serious consequences of misdirected responses, and revealed the untapped potential of novel therapeutic approaches.
authors.affiliation: Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA. vasta@umbi.umd.edu
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Vasta
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lambris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003167:Complement Activation; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000276:immunology; D011951:Receptors, Complement / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011951:Receptors, Complement