Bridging innate and adaptive immunity

William E Paul

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.036

Bridging innate and adaptive immunity

Cell. 2011 Dec 9;147(6):1212-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.036.

Author

William E Paul¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1892, USA. wpaul@niaid.nih.gov

PMID: 22153065
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.036

Abstract

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2011 to Jules Hoffmann, Bruce Beutler, and the late Ralph Steinman recognizes accomplishments in understanding and unifying the two strands of immunology, the evolutionarily ancient innate immune response and modern adaptive immunity.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article

MeSH terms

Adaptive Immunity*
Allergy and Immunology / history
Animals
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Immunity, Innate*
Nobel Prize*
Physiology / history*
United States

Personal name as subject

Ralph Steinman
Bruce Beutler
Jules Hoffmann