Immunology

In the relatively few decades since the introduction of HIV into the human population, variants of the virus have diverged to such an extent that, were the discussion about something other than viruses, said variants could easily be classified as different species.

The variety of chemically diverse pharmacological agents administered to patients is large and continues to expand and with every new drug released, there is always potential for adverse reactions, some of them allergic.

The Reverse Transcriptase (RT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) arguably ranks amongst one of the most extensively studied retroviral enzymes.

This book focuses on the function of antibodies in vivo.

This volume presents a collection of reviews derived from work presented at the Aegean Conference: "e;4th Crossroads between innate and adaptive immunity"e;.

This book illustrates the intimate relationship between alveolar macrophages and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.

From the 40th annual conference of the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT), held in Bruges, Belgium in August 2012, this volume covers aspects of clinical applications, muscle oxygenation, cancer, measurement technologies, oxygen transport modelling and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), cell metabolism and brain oxygenation.

Smoking and Lung Inflammation is the first book directly related to chronic lung inflammation of its kind in several respects.

In recent years, epigenetic approaches to existing scientific problems have offered many new and exciting perspectives.

Abnormal expression of MHC class I molecules in malignant cells is a frequent occurrence that ranges from total loss of all class I antigens to partial loss of MHC specific haplotypes or alleles.

The collection of chapters in this proceeding volume reflects the latest research presented at the Aegean meeting on Tumor Microenvironment and Cellular Stress held in Crete in Fall of 2012.

This volume offers an analysis of the scale and nature of the immunological issues facing regenerative medicine, drawing on the expertise of laboratories around the world who have taken up the challenge of applying their expertise in immunology to the vagaries of stem cell biology.

This volume summarizes the state-of-the-art in the fast growing research area of modeling the influence of information-driven human behavior on the spread and control of infectious diseases.

This volume gathers the leading research on antibody-drug conjugates and immunotoxins.

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Challenging Cases in Rheumatology and Diseases of the Immune System is the latest title in a growing collection of thought-provoking case-based titles from Massoud Mahmoudi, D.

This volume will address an important emergent area within the field of immunomics: the discovery of antigens and adjuvants within the context of reverse vaccinology.

From the 39th annual conference of the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT), held in Washington, DC, USA in July 2011, this volume covers aspects of oxygen transport from air to the cells, organs and organisms; instrumentation and methods to sense oxygen and clinical evidence.

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Recent studies have provided clear evidence on the role of neural-immune interactions in normal brain function and neuropathological conditions.

This book reports the text of the lectures of the 6th International Conference on Sodium Calcium Exchange held in Lacco Ameno in the Island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, from October 1 to October 5, 2011.

Astroviruses were first identified in the feces of children in 1975.

Immunosenescence is a unique, multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of immune aging.

This book advances biomedical innovations to address the plethora of health problems afflicting the developing world.

Development of new-generation vaccines is now more challenging than ever, as identifying, purifying and evaluating vaccine antigens is a complex undertaking.

This is the second edition of this proceedings.

This next volume in the series will provide up to date Information and discussion on future approach to control several challenging Infectious Disease worldwide.

Given rapid research progress and advance of the techniques in studying HIV interactions with host cells and factors, there is a critical need for a book on HIV interactions with DCs.

In contrast to the substantial literature that focuses upon innate immune signaling in the gut, there is remarkably less known about the response of the airway to bacterial pathogens.

This book details recent findings in the field of cave microbiology and builds on fast-paced efforts to exploit an unconventional and underexplored environment for new microorganisms which may provide an untapped source of drugs: microorganisms from caves.

Proline-rich polypeptides - in particular (PRP-1) galarmin and its structural analogues - are, when isolated from the neurosecretory granules of neurohypophysis of humans and animals, a new type of hypothalamic peptides.

This book highlights progress and trends in the rapidly evolving field of complement-related drug discovery and spotlights examples of clinical applications.

In multicellular organisms, communication between cells involves secretion of proteins that bind to receptors on neighboring cells.

This volume illustrates the functional properties of NAbs.

This book will assemble the views of many of the world's experts in the field of viruses and diabetes.

Treatment of glioma is currently one of the most challenging problems in oncology, as well as in neurosurgery.

A Primer of Neuroimmunological Disease is a significant new resource for anyone interested in conditions such as multiple sclerosis(MS), myasthenia gravis, and neurological infections.

The HIV pandemic continues to levy a heavy burden on the human race world-wide.

This book clearly demonstrates the progression of nanoparticle therapeutics from basic research to applications.

In multicellular organisms the establishment, maintenance, and programmed alterations of cell-type specific gene expression patterns are regulated by epigenetic mechanisms.

This book will be a comprehensive study of the lymphatic system and its immunological role.

The International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies is held every three years to discuss the recent advances and future directions in Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS).

In 1960 Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet received the Noble Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

This book will contain the proceedings of the XIV International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration (RD2010), held July 13-17, 2010, in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.

Concerns over dwindling fossil fuel reserves and impending climate changes have focused attention worldwide on the need to discover alternative, sustainable energy sources and fuels.

This book was designed as a reference tool for pharmacists involved in the treatment of patients with infections.

Upon infection the host needs to mount vigorous immune response against pathogen in order to successfully control its replication.

Biomaterials associated infection (BAI) is one of the most common complications associated with implantation of any biomaterial regardless of form or function.

Many health benefits have been attributed to selenium that include preventing various forms of cancer (e.

This book will contain a series of solicited chapters that concern with the molecular machines required by viruses to perform various essential functions of virus life cycle.