- Concentrates on an area of research that has reemerged to the forefront of immunology
- Utilizes the most recent concepts of cellular and molecular biology in a state-of-the-art review of innate immunity
- Emphasizes evolutionary aspects and host cells as well as humoral factors of innate immunity
- Covers in-depth molecular receptors that equip the innate immune system, the capacity of the system as it encounters foreign molecules, molecular mechanisms of phagocytosis, and effector mechanisms afforded by the cells and molecules of innate immunity.