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This second volume of Contemporary Topics in Immunobiology considers many aspects of thymus dependency in order to exemplify the role of the thy­ mus in different species and different immunological responses. It is not in­ tended to be a compendium of the responses which have been shown to be thymus dependent but rather to illustrate for the reader the criteria he should apply in thinking about the significance of the thymus in immune responses. We are grateful to the editors and publishers of the Annals of the New York Academy of Science, the Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Immunology, the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the Journal of Immunology, Laboratory Investigation, Nature, and the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine and to Springer-Verlag, Berlin, for permission to reproduce illustrations. Specific references are given in the text. We would also like to thank the contributors for their time and energy and willingness to submit to the editorial red pencils. The exercise of these censori­ ous instruments meant that the manuscripts had to be reorganized and retyped. Mrs. J. Pettis, Mrs. A. Inglefield, and Miss M. Butt all helped, and we are most grateful to them. A.J.S.D. R.L.e.

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Author:   A. Davies
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781468409215

ISBN 10:   1468409212
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   27 December 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. The Thymus and Lymphomyeloid System in Poikilothermic Vertebrates.- 2. Effect of Thymectomy on Immunological Responses in the Sheep.- 3. Nature of the Responding Organism: Responders and Nonresponders.- 4. The Intrathymic Environment.- 5. A Note on Hassall’s Corpuscles.- 6. Cell Migration and the Thymus.- 7. Ecology of Thymus Dependency.- 8. Morphological Changes in the Thymus-Dependent Lymphoid System Associated with Pathological Conditions in Animals and Man: Their Functional Significance.- 9. Immunological Memory.- 10. Effects of Adjuvants on Interactions of Different Cell Types in Immune Responses.- 11. Cytotoxic Cells.- 12. Thymus Dependency of Rosette-Forming Cells.- 13. Antigen-Binding Cells of the Thymus.- 14. Thymus Dependency and Chronic Antigenic Stimulation: Immunity to Parasitic Protozoans and Helminths.- 15. The Thymus and Immune Surveillance.- 16. Thymus Independence.- 17. Effect of Pregnancy on the Restoration of Immunological Responses in Neonatally Thymectomized Female Mice.- 18. Thymus Hormones.- 19. Thymic Humoral Factors.- 20. Thymosin and Other Thymic Hormones: Their Nature and Roles in the Thymic Dependency of Immunological Phenomena.- 21. Some Clinical Implications of Thymus-Dependent Functions.

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