Advances in Immunology
| By: | Dixon, Frank J. |
| Publisher: | Elsevier S & T |
| Print ISBN: | 9780120224609 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780080578361 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This volume highlights the latest reviews of mechanisms and actions of the immune system and the host response to infection and inflammation.
Key Features
* Covers cytokine functioning as influenced by the Janus protein tyrosine kinase family
* Explores immunodeficiencies, including:
* Immunoglobulin deficiencies and B cells development
* Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
* Investigates the links molecular pathology established between deficiencies in GPI-anchor synthesis and PNH
* Includes the use of Multiple Antigen Peptides (MAPs) to induce protective immune response
* Offers a timely update on Eosinophils' role in disease
* Covers histology of Germinal center reaction of a spleen twelve days after primary immunization
* Includes new research on cytotoxic T-lymphocytes
* Presents the multiple roles of Nitric oxide (NO) in the inflammatory response