Immunology

The culmination of 30 years of research and experience in T-cell-based cancer, this book highlights and evaluates new treatments that harness the power of the T cell to attack and kill all cancer cells in our bodies.

Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is a worldwide, public health problem in both developed and developing countries.

Better Understand the Relationship between Powertrain System Design and Its Control IntegrationWhile powertrain system design and its control integration are traditionally divided into two different functional groups, a growing trend introduces the integration of more electronics (sensors, actuators, and controls) into the powertrain system.

This is a review text on medical microbiology and immunology containing approximately 625 board-type review questions on left-hand pages with answers and explanations on facing right-hand pages.

Catching Cancer introduces readers to the investigators who created a medical revolution-a new way of looking at cancer and its causes.

Utilizing a syndrome-based approach, Respiratory Infections provides pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists, and immunologists with essential and thorough knowledge of respiratory infections and the multitude of diseases that make us these infections, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, HIV, and cystic fibrosis.

Highlighting the latest activities and initiatives of prominent organizations working in the vaccine industry such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank, New Generation Vaccines, Fourth Edition, details steps developing countries have taken toward research, development, manufacture, and regulation of several new vaccines for widespread use.

Until recently, innate immunity was regarded as a relatively nonspecific system designed to engulf and destroy pathogens.

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Multiple myeloma is the second most prevalent hematological malignancy, with over 55,000 new cases diagnosed each year.

The discovery of toll-like receptors (TLRs) spurred the field of innate immunity into a renaissance after many years of neglect.

Immunologists as well investigators in other disciplines may often use protocols involving the isolation, cultures and characterization of different types of leukocytes.

Viral Pathogenesis in Diagrams is the first book of its kind to illustrate viral pathogenesis on a comparative basis.

Not too long ago, it was thought that inflammation of blood vessels was the sole manifestation of systemic autoimmune diseases.

Provides Insight into How Cytokine Action Impacts the Physiology and Pathology of the CNS.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a complex, debilitating disorder, yet few current scientific biomedical books are available on the subject.

A step-by-step guide to commonly used procedures, Methods in Cellular Immunology addresses both human and murine models, in addition to such topics as PCR and apoptosis.

Investigative Immunotoxicology provides a critical evaluation of proposed experimental animal models and approaches, and discusses the contribution that immunotoxicity can make to the overall assessment of chemical-induced adverse health effects on humans and the ecosystem.

With detailed contributions from more than 40 leading authorities on the topic, this Third Edition comprehensively explores the immunobiology, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)-offering sections revealing the most up-to-date research on immune activation and dysregulation, the pathophysiology of target

In recent years the importance of antigen-presenting cells and their influence on the eyes has been elucidated.

Over the last decade, enormous progress in the understanding of T-cell homing has made it possible to identify the multitude of molecules involved, such as cytokines, chemokines, and adhesion molecules, and to unravel their complex interactions resulting in controlled, non-random T-cell recirculation.

Filled with an abundance of reader-friendly and quick-reference tables and figures, this Fourth Edition spans the etiology, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, pathology, and treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).

Responding to the growth of research in the field over the past decade, this book brings together leading investigators with expertise in pulmonology, pathology, and developmental biology to clarify the mechanisms that regulate the development of bronchial vascular remodeling in asthma and COPD, as well as explore the pathophysiological processes that may impact the formulation of new therapeutic strategies for these conditions.

Filling a gap in the literature, this guide analyzes EBV infection and all of its associated disorders including infectious mononucleosis, Burkitt lymphoma, and Hodgkin's disease.

Rhinosinusitis is increasing in prevalence and incidence, and has been estimated to affect approximately 31 million patients in the United States each year.

Cytokine involvement in the immune system's response to stress is now very well documented.

The latest in the crucial series documenting scientific discoveries at the forefront of HIV and AIDS research!

Continuing the tradition set by the first and second editions, each a bestseller in its own right, the third edition of Immunotoxicology and Immunopharmacology provides reviews of environmental agents, updated to reflect the latest information on how these agents influence immune system function and health.

This unique book is a first-of-its-kind resource, comprehensively guiding readers through the epidemiology, pathophysiology, recent diagnostic criteria, and management options for patients with Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES).

This volume highlights current research on how the neuroendocrine system helps to influence emotional states and ultimately behavioral output.

This volume highlights current research on how the neuroendocrine system helps to influence emotional states and ultimately behavioral output.

Phagocytosis has been at the forefront of cell biology for more than a century.

Breast-Feeding: Early Influences on Later Health is a new book which draws together areas of research in early lifel programming of adult health, with a unique focus on the post-natal period in terms of early life programming particularly the extent to which differences in infant feeding practices can lay an indelible imprint on metabolism and behaviour, and hence affect later function and risk of disease.

Surprisingly what separates us from the open environment all around us sometimes is a single layer of epithelial cells.

As a phylogenetically old system complement is now regarded as a part of innate immunity.

Cancer cells are continuously interacting with the immune system of the host.

Mitochondrial Medicine is a relatively new area where several disciplines from basic science to clinical medicine converge.

Programmed cell death (PCD) plays pivotal roles in tumor progression, cancer therapeutics and resistance of tumor cells to therapy.

This publication was initiated on the occasion of the NATO-Advanced Study Institute (ASI) meeting "e;Stem Cells and their potential for clinical application"e; which took place from August 23 - 25, 2006 in Kyiv and from August 26 - 31, 2006 in Simeiz, Ukraine.

Heat shock proteins are emerging as important molecules in the development of cancer and as key targets in cancer therapy.

Although the means of diagnosing and treating fungal infections have improved greatly over the last decade fungi still represent a serious threat to the health of immunocompromised and immunodeficient patients.

The "e;Atlas Effectors of Anti-Tumor Immunity"e; is a unique scientific publication, which includes major issues of up-to-date information about immunophenotype, morphology and function of main effectors of anti-tumor immunity presented in a reasonable format.

"e;General Principles of Tumor Immunotherapy: Basic and Clinical Applications of Tumor Immunology"e; brings together the world's leading authorities on tumor immunology.

In June 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first evidence of a new disease that would later become known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

The history of mankind has been shaped by infections, more than by war and famine together.

Heat Shock Proteins: Potent Mediators of Inflammation and Immunity currently provides the most up-to-date review on new mechanisms and provides exciting insights into how heat shock proteins modulates the hosts immune response.

Defending Life discusses the relationship between hosts and parasites.

Active specific immunotherapy is a promising but investigational modality in the management of cancer patients.

The existence of a unique kind of immune cell - the killer lymphocyt- which destroys other cells in a highly specific manner, has fascinated immunologists for almost half a century.