Immunology

Ebola: Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns is a concise description and discussion of the Ebola virus and disease.

Sabine Stubler compares different proteasome isoforms and subtypes in terms of their transport and active site-related parameters applying an existing computational model.

Discrimination of self from nonself is the major function of the immune system and understanding the mechanism(s) involved a main employer of immunologists.

Microbes as Tools for Cell Biology bridges the gap between cell biology and microbiology.

This important collection provides an epidemiological perspective on the continuing scope of sickle cell disease (SCD) in sub-Saharan Africa, alongside the clinical attempts to provide comprehensive care in a resource-limited setting.

The book "e;The Fundamentals of Hypersensitivity and Allergy"e; comprises of seven chapters and describes the historical perspective, causes and classification of hypersensitivities, which are important in understanding the current issues regarding conditions in which the immune system which normally serves a protective role has a harmful effect.

Zoologists have categorized primates into a single order, and no one doubts today that they share a common ancestry.

G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Immune Response and Regulation, Volume 136 presents emerging concepts related to the role of GPCRs in immune response and regulation.

Food intolerance and the food industry approaches the issue of food intolerance from an industry rather than a clinical perspective.

This book intends to report the new progress of pseudotyped viruses, including the construction of pseudotyped viruses with different strategies or vectors for most important viruses.

Translational Autoimmunity: Challenges for Autoimmune Diseases, Fifth Edition addresses diagnostic approaches, therapeutic opportunities, and prognostic markers of different autoimmune diseases.

This book offers comprehensive information on the polymorphisms of genes encoding pattern recognition receptors (PRRs).

In Viral Membrane Proteins: Structure, Function, and Drug Design, Wolfgang Fischer summarizes the current structural and functional knowledge of membrane proteins encoded by viruses.

Epigenetics of the Immune System focuses on different aspects of epigenetics and immunology, providing readers with the fundamental mechanisms relating to epigenetics and the immune system.

An AIDS vaccine is still elusive and HIV treatment continues to develop multidrug resistance at alarming rates.

One of the first comprehensive references dealing specifically with this new field of interdisciplinary research in medicine, Immunoendocrinology in Health and Disease offers a full scientific picture of where the immune and neuroendocrine systems intersect-placing current understanding of system components, mechanisms, and functions side by side w

A New Era in Alzheimer's Research: Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment is focused on the research and perspectives in Alzheimer's disease (AD), offering an update on the challenging aspects of neurodegenerative disorders.

This book is a collection of critical reviews about a diverse group of virus families with two features in common: the stable repository of genetic information in each virus is RNA, and each virus modifies and appropriates a particular patch of the eukaryotic cell membrane system to complete its structure.

Attention to viral infections and pathology previously focussed on diseases of economically important fish.

Ig A DeficiencyThe Role of Cellular Immunity in Protection against HIV InfectionMouse Mammary Tumour Virus: Immunological Interplays between Virus and HostThe Transporter Associated with Antigen ProcessingNF-kB in cytokine gene expressionNF-kB as a target for immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory molecules- The Role of Cellular Immunity in Protection against HIV Infection- Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus: Immunological Interplays between Virus and Host- The Transporter Associated with Antigen Processing- NF-kB in cytokine gene expression- NF-kB as a target for immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory molecules

From diagnostic tools to therapy against cancer, infections and autoimmune diseases, antibodies serve many purposes, yet our knowledge of them is still incomplete.

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There are only very few chemical classes of antibiotics in medical use, and these have originated over a span of more than 60 years of research.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Experts from The Jackson Laboratory and around the world provide practical advice on everything from how to establish a colony to where to go for specific mutations.

Selenium and Selenoproteins in Cancer, Volume 136, the latest release in the Advances in Cancer Research series, provides invaluable information on the fast-moving field of cancer research.

The type I interferon (IFN) signaling pathway is well recognized as a pathway activated by viral infections.

This volume provides a comprehensive reference guide for researchers to study the applications of labeled antibodies.

The twentieth century will close with 5 billion people added to the current global population.

Essentials of Mucosal Immunology presents basic concepts as well as new and exciting advances in mucosal immunology and inflammation, the development of mucosal vaccines, and the role of the immune system in mucosal disease.

Allergy is the most frequent chronic disease in the 21st century having severe negative effects on health and the economy.

those who deal with infectious diseases on a daily This two volume work stems from the belief of the Editors that infectious diseases are not only very basis.

Since the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001 and subsequent cases of anthrax in Florida and New York City, attention has been focused on the threat of b- logical warfare and bioterrorism.

The introduction of monoclonal antibodies revolutionized immunology.

This book discusses the principles, methods, and applications of immunogold-silver staining (IGSS) to biomedical areas.

The Antibody Enigma is a somewhat personal view of the antibody diversity question from two investigators who have spent the past 18 years trying to penetrate the enigma.

The current book is focussed on the Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which are the first pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) discovered in humans.

This work is concerned with a group of proteins which were originally consid- ered to be an esoteric phenomenon but which have now been shown to play critical roles both in normal and stressed cells as well as being involved in a variety of human diseases.

The concept of using bispecific antibodies for cancer therapy by retargeting immune effector cells was developed several years ago.