Authors:Dipankar Dasgupta, Fernando Nino,
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Keywords: applications, theory, computation, immunological
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2008-09-12
List price: $125.95
ISBN-10: 1420065459
ISBN-13: 9781420065459

Clearly, nature has been very effective in creating organisms that are capable of protecting themselves against a wide variety of pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, and parasites. The powerful information-processing capabilities of the immune system, such as feature extraction, pattern recognition, learning, memory, and its distributive nature provide rich metaphors that researchers are finding very useful for the development of computational models. While some of these models are designed to give us a better understanding of the immune system, other models are being developed to solve complex

Authors:Uwe Pleyer, Bartly Mondino,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: ophthalmology, essentials, disorders, immunological, uveitis
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 2004-11-29
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 3540200452
ISBN-13: 9783540200451

Uveitis and immunological disorders encompass a wide spectrum of potential blinding diseases that are seen in daily practice by many ophthalmologists. In recent years enormous progress has been made understanding the principal mechanisms of inflammatory and immunological processes in ocular disorders. The purpose of this volume of

Authors:M. Lukás, M.P. Manns, J. Spicak, E.-F. Stange,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: falk, symposium, gut, liver, diseases, immunological
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-07-28
List price: $182.00
ISBN-10: 0792387929
ISBN-13: 9780792387923

This book is the proceedings of the Falk Symposium No. 135 held in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 12-13, 2003, and is dedicated to the important issue of immunological aspects of diseases of the liver and gut. Without any doubt, immunological pathways are among the most important and universal factors in the pathogenesis of all diseases. Their importance is also constantly increasing, because these principles have been adopted in clinical practice for both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Chapters by prominent experts will stimulate new ideas and set the scene for productive discus

Authors:Elvin A. Kabat, Tai Te Wu, Harold M. Perry, Kay S. Go
Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company
Keywords: volume, interest, immunological, proteins, sequences
Number of Pages: 2719
Published: 1992-09
List price: $250.00
ISBN-10: 094137565X
ISBN-13: 9780941375658

Authors:Takashi Saito, Facundo D. Batista,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: microbiology, immunology, topics, current, synapse, immunological
Number of Pages: 255
Published: 2009-12-14
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 3642038573
ISBN-13: 9783642038570

While the importance of the immune synapse as a dynamic cell junction that regulates intercellular communication and viral transmission is universally recognized, many of quantitative and qualitative details remain unsettled. The plasticity of this cell junction has to accommodate many very different binding partners and control the fate of interacting cells. It is likely that developmental changes in the state of the T cells or the APCs can impact the structure of the synapse. It is hoped that uncovering the ordered molecular rearrangement at the membrane will provide the long sought after cl

Authors:Charles J. Hackett, Donald A. Harn Jr,
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: infectious, disease, principles, clinical, adjuvants, immunological, vaccine
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2005-12-01
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0896038920
ISBN-13: 9780896038929

A cutting-edge review of the major research areas of adjuvant discovery, design, development, and use. The authors lay down a rational basis for vaccine adjuvant function and analyze a number of significantly distinct adjuvant-active molecules to illuminate the principles of their function and use. The focus is on specific receptor-ligand interactions, including the molecular features needed for a compound to possess adjuvant activity. The critical interface zone between the innate and adaptive immune systems is also analyzed to show how adjuvants exert their effects on T- and B-cell activatio

Authors:Bali Pulendran, Rafi Ahmed,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: topics, microbiology, immunology, current, memory, immunity, immunological, innate
Number of Pages: 193
Published: 2006-10-09
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 3540326359
ISBN-13: 9783540326359

The ability to remember an antigenic encounter for several decades, even for a life time, is one of the fundamental properties of the immune system. This book assembles a collection of essays from leading experts that span the entire spectrum of immunological research, from understanding the molecular mechanisms of innate immune recognition, to dendritic cell function, to the generation and maintenance of antigen-specific B and T-cell responses.