| ISBN |
[0199775281] (alk. paper)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9780199775286 (alk. paper)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 原文の言語 |
フランス語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
491.8
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| 個人著者標目 |
Pradeu, Thomas.
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| 本タイトル |
The limits of the self :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
immunology and biological identity /
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| 著者名 |
Thomas Pradeu ; translated from French by Elizabeth Vitanza.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
Oxford ;
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Oxford University Press,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
c2012.
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| 数量 |
ix, 302 p. :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
ill. ;
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| 大きさ |
22 cm.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-298) and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Introduction -- Immunology, self and nonself -- The self-nonself theory -- Critique of the self-nonself theory -- The continuity theory -- Comparing the continuity theory to other immunological theories -- What is an organism? Immunity and the individuality of the organism -- Conclusion.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
"What counts as an individual in the living world? What does it mean for a living thing to remain the same through time, while constantly changing? These questions are the province of immunology, one of the most dynamic fields in biology. Immunology answers these questions with its theory of "self" and "nonself" which has dominated the field since the 1940s. Thomas Pradeu argues that this theory is inadequate, because immune responses to self constituents and immune tolerance of foreign entities are the rule, not the exception. Instead Pradeu advances an alternative theory, the continuity theory, which offers a new way to answer the question of what triggers an immune response. It also echoes the recent realization that all organisms, and not only higher vertebrates, have an immune system. Pradeu's main thesis is that the self-nonself theory should be abandoned, but that immunology still proves to be decisive for delineating the boundaries of the organism. Articulating an evolutionary and an immunological perspective, he offers an original conception of the organism. Tolerance of the fetus by the mother and of countless bacteria on the body's surfaces proves that every organism is heterogeneous, that is, made of entities of different origins. In other words, every organism appears as a chimera, a mixed living thing-the cohesiveness of which is ensured by the constant action of its immune system." -- Publisher's description.
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| 一般件名 |
Immune system.
Immunology -- Philosophy. |
| 資料情報1 |
『The limits of the self :
immunology and biological identity /』 Thomas Pradeu ; translated from French by Elizabeth Vitanza. Oxford University Press, c2012.
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/491.8/P89/L
資料コード：7102829651）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352008107 |
