Immunology

The book offers a comprehensive overview of ENT diseases during pregnancy, postpartum and lactating period.

This volume on Rarer Arthropathies, part of the series "e;Rare Diseases of the Immune System"e; aims to fill a gap in the literature by informing and updating clinicians on the unusual and uncommon forms of arthritis and related musculoskeletal conditions.

The goal of this book is to provide a guide and detailed review of immunosuppression in terms of molecular mechanisms of action, side effects and clinical trials that validated their utility.

Allergies are a significant health issue, yet few books exist on allergen tolerance of separation; here the author classifies allergen tolerance breakdown in specific types, according to the possibility that the autonomic breakdown of allergen tolerance in the unified airway depends on a deficit of pro-tolerogenic neurotransmitters at the local level.

This textbook aims to describe in a condensed form the essentials of molecular immunology behind bacterial infections, the microbiome, viral infections (such as influenza and COVID-19), organ transplantations, autoimmunity, allergy and tumor immunology.

Certain organ toxicities can be severe and life-threatening.

This book provides healthcare professionals in Critical Care setting an easy consultation guide to fight against COVID-19.

This textbook describes in detail the process of cancer metastasis from a single cell in the primary site through its arduous journey to the sentinel lymph node as the main gateway and beyond to distant sites.

This book intends to investigate the broad spectrum of genetic changes in immunological processes involved in cutaneous diseases.

This book brings together what is currently known in terms of basic research in the field of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and builds on this to delve more deeply in the specific roles that lncRNAs are playing during inflammation.

This edited collection of 12 chapters by research workers from a wide range of disciplines resolves the confusion that currently surrounds the "e;hygiene hypothesis"e; by considering the human need for exposure to microorganisms from an evolutionary point of view.

This book provides readers with a collection of latest reviews written by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) research leaders who cover topics related to CHIKV replication, advances in CHIKV research reagents and model system development, as well as the pathogenesis of chronic CHIKV disease.

This extensively revised new edition provides a quick study and reference guide for physicians who treat patients with autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBDs), the most life-threatening inflammatory diseases of the skin.

Now, it its second edition, this book summarizes the role of immune cells in tumor suppression and progression.

This book is about recurring celiac disease, its diagnosis and management.

This biography of Dr.

The tumor microenvironment has become a very important and hot topic in cancer research within the past few years.

This book reviews the current knowledge of the globally circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants, highlights their distinct genetic characteristics and associated conformational changes in the viral spike protein, and profoundly discusses the mechanisms of convergent evolution that led to the rise of these mutated strains at different geographic regions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Immunometabolism has emerged as an intersectional crossroad between metabolism and immune response.

This book presents studies of the main conditions that affect health and well-being of old people.

This volume summarizes recent advances in research on mesenchymal cell populations in the bone marrow.

The book Heat Shock Proteins in Inflammatory Diseases provides the most comprehensive highlight and insight of the expression, function and therapeutic activity of Heat Shock Proteins in inflammatory diseases including sepsis, psoriasis, neurodegenerative diseases, cancers, viral infection and autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

The scope of this contributed volume is to provide an overview of the latest translational research in the field of lupus pathogenesis, with particular emphasis on how these discoveries progress in parallel with therapeutic drug development.

Urticaria is one of the most common diseases encountered in dermatology.

The proposed book is envisioned for the nascent and entry-level researchers who are interested to work in the field of drug delivery and its applications specifically for macrophage targeting.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the deadliest threats to global public health.

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

The  main  aim  of  this  book  is to  collect  a  series  of  research  articles  and  reviews  from  a  diverse  group  of scientists to share their research work on the role of free radical research and environmental toxicity.

Leading researchers are specially invited to provide a complete understanding of a key topic within the multidisciplinary fields of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.

This book gathers international knowledge and contemporary clinical and scientific evidence on infections associated with the musculoskeletal system at a time when we are confronted with significant challenges and uncertainty.

This book covers all aspects of hypersensitivity to drugs, providing practical information for non-specialist physicians as well as addressing issues of interest to practitioners in different specialties and presenting the expert knowledge required by specialist allergists and immunologists.

This book explores the close connection between immunology and nuclear medicine, which has led to radioimmunoimaging and radioimmunotherapy (RIT).

This volume aims at presenting the latest international research and discoveries in the neurocognitive aspects and complications in HIV/AIDS, and how this understanding can shape and inform how we think about clinical practice and patient care in HIV/AIDS as well as lead to a better understanding of the underlying neuropathogenesis.

This book addresses the most relevant imaging techniques in order to detect inflammation and infection in the most common cardiovascular diseases.

This is the first edited collection on veterinary applications of electroporation.

The field of immuno-oncology continues to rapidly evolve as new insights to fight and treat cancer emerge.

This book provides a broad overview of rare disease drug development.

This contributed volume discusses the multiple roles of astrocytes, which determine the progression and outcome of neuropsychiatric diseases.

This book summarizes recent advances in antibody glycosylation research.

This book explains about amino acids (AAs) which are not only building blocks of protein, but are also signaling molecules as well as regulators of gene expression and the protein phosphorylation cascade.

More than fifty years after its initial discovery by Rita Levi Montalcini and Stanley Cohen and the proposal of the neurotrophic theory, nerve growth factor (NGF) has become the prototype of a family of biologically active molecules called neurotrophic factors (NTFs).

Multiple Myeloma remains an incurable malignancy.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major global health challenge as the third leading cause for cancer related mortalities worldwide.

This first edited Volume on IgY-Technology, addresses the historical and dynamic development of IgY-applications.

This book fills the need for a simplified text covering western blotting protocols aimed not just at high school and college students, but the researcher with little to no experience in these techniques.

Asthma is a chronic airway disease affecting over 300 million people worldwide with an expected increase of an additional 100 million by 2025.

This volume provides a critical response to the COVID-19 pandemic showcasing the full range of issues and perspectives that the discipline of geography can expose and bring to the table, not only to this specific event, but to others like it that might occur in future.

This volume of the series Rare Diseases of the Immune System presents detailed state of the art knowledge on the cellular primary immunodeficiencies; it includes extensive coverage of both basic science discoveries and the latest clinical advances in the field.

This volume is dedicated to multidisciplinary research at the interface between basic biomedicine and clinical practice.

Lung diseases are leading causes of death and disability globally, with about 65 million people suffering from COPD, and 334 million from asthma.