Overview

Offers examinations of the pathways and agents that affect the human immune response, and provides presentations on practical methods of immune modulation. The text focuses on the immune response and modulation in infectious disease, such as HIV, hepatitis and parasitic infections, and highlights immune modulating agents in gastrointestinal diseases, sepsis, cancer and autoimmunity.

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Author:   Thomas F. Kresina
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.224kg
ISBN:  

9780824701031

ISBN 10:   0824701038
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   17 October 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Immunomodulation The Immune System and Immune Modulation, François Hirsch and Guido Kroemer Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Immunoglobulin E Responses, Rachel L. Miller and Paul B. Rothman Idiotypes and T Cell Selection, Bjarne Bogen, Zlatko Dembic, and Siegfried Weiss In Vivo Modulation of Lymphohemopoietic Stem Cell Populations with Cytokines, Gerald de Haan and Gary Van Zant Hormones as Immune Modulating Agents, Istvan Berczi and Eva Nagy Transforming Growth Factor- : A Cytokine Paradigm, Michelle R. Frazier-Jessen, Nancy McCartney-Francis, and Sharon M. Wahl Psychological Stress and Immune Competence, Elizabeth A. Bachen, Anna L. Marsland, Stephen B. Manuck, and Sheldon Cohen Interleukin 12: A Potent Vaccine Adjuvant for Promoting Cellular Immunity and Modulating Humoral Immunity, Stanley F. Wolf Immunomodulating Agents in Disease Cytokine Immunomodulation of Infectious Diseases, Joseph F. Urban, Jr., Fred Douglass Finkelman, Terez Shea-Donohue, and William C. Gause Modulating Cytolytic Responses to Infectious Pathogens, Rebecca Pogue Caley and Jeffrey A. Frelinger Immunology of T Cells in AIDS: Dynamics Revealed by Eight-Color Flow Cytometry, Mario Roederer, Stephen C. De Rosa, Leonore A. Herzenberg, and Leonard A. Herzenberg Immunomodulation of Schistosomal-Induced Inflammation, Thomas F. Kresina Human Monoclonal Antibodies and Immune Modulation in Viral Hepatitis, Schistosomiasis, and HTLV Infection, Thomas F. Kresina, Garry A. Neil, and Steven K. H. Foung Nutrition and Immunity, Srinivas Denduluri and Ranjit K. Chandra Immunomodulating Agents in Gastrointestinal Disease, Samir A. Shah, Athos Bousvaros, and A. Christopher Stevens Immune Modulation in Sepsis, Janet M. J. Hammond and Peter D. Potgieter Interleukin 6: Role in the Pathogenesis of Cancer, Otoniel Martínez-Maza Neuroendocrine-Induced Immune Modulation and Autoimmunity, Terence Smith and Adrian K. Hewson Immunomodulating Agents in Therapy Antigen Delivery Systems Used to Induce Immunomodulation, M. Zahirul I. Khan, Ian G. Tucker, and Joan P. Opdebeeck Immunomodulation in Gene Therapeutics, Andreas Block, Susan S. Rich, Shu-Hsia Chen, and Savio L. C. Woo Cytokines, Apoptosis, and Immune Therapy in HIV Infection, Jerôme Estaquier and J. C. Ameisen Immune-Based Therapies for HIV-1 Infection and Its Complications, Timothy P. Flanigan and Michael Lederman Transplantation Tolerance, Microchimerism, and the Two-Way Paradigm, Thomas E. Starzl, Anthony J. Demetris, Noriko Murase, Massimo Trucco, Angus W. Thomson, Abdul S. Rao, and John J. Fung Immunomodulation of Cytokines and T Cells by Biologicals in Rheumatoid Arthritis, R. N. Maini and M. Feldmann Immunomodulation at Mucosal Surfaces: Prospects for the Development of Antiinfectious and Antiinflammatory Vaccines, Cecil Czerkinsky and Jan Holmgren New Statistical Designs for Clinical Trials of Immunomodulating Agents, Richard Simon

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