Author: Udo R. Markert
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
Keywords: immunology, chemical, implantation, embryo, gametes
Number of Pages: 206
Published: 2005-08-09
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 3805579519
ISBN-13: 9783805579513

Infertility is an increasing problem in many societies. The success rate of assisted reproduction is still below 30 per cent, although the treatments and techniques have improved continuously. An important but often underestimated aspect of fertility and infertility is the immunology of gametes and the early embryo. Sperm is a potential target for autoimmunity in men and alloimmunity in women, but physiologically, such immunoreactions do not occur. Although the preimplantation embryo is semiallogeneic to the mother, no destructive reaction occurs but her uterus prepares a unique, finely balanc

Authors:R.A. Robins, R.C. Rees,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: immunology, volume, medicine, cancer
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2001-05-31
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 0792370074
ISBN-13: 9780792370079

This publication provides a comprehensive account of the known groups of human tumour antigens, and the immune effector cells involved in tumour rejection. Chapters dealing with all the major groups of human tumour antigens are included, covering differentiation antigens, testes-associated antigens, CEA, mucin, viral antigens, anti-idiotypic antibodies as antigens, and fusion proteins. The role of heat shock proteins as mediators of tumour immunity is discussed and consideration is given to the immune mechanisms which mediate tumour rejection in both human and animal systems. The appli

Authors:Peter Perlmann,  Hans Wigzell,
Publisher: S. Karger Publishing
Keywords: immunology, chemical, malaria
Number of Pages: 374
Published: 1988-06-01
List price: $228.00
ISBN-10: 3805546726
ISBN-13: 9783805546720

Despite extensive efforts to control it, malaria is still one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. This book, now in its second edition, provides a broad and up-to-date overview of the rapidly expanding field of malaria immunology and its importance in the control of this disease. The first section deals with the malaria parasite and its interactions with both the vertebrate host and the mosquitoes which transmit the disease. In the second part, the mechanisms of immunity and their regulation by environmental and genetic factors are discussed. Finally, this volume contains se

Author: Jean Langhorne
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: immunology, microbiology, topics, malaria, immunopathogenesis, current
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2005-10-26
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3540257187
ISBN-13: 9783540257189

Malaria is still a major global health problem, killing more than 1 million people every year. Almost all of these deaths are caused by Plasmodium falciparum, one of the four species of malaria parasites infecting humans. This high burden of mortality falls heavily on Sub-Saharan Africa, where over 90% of these deaths are thought to occur, and 5% of children die before the age of 5 years. The death toll from malaria is still growing, with malaria-specific mortality in young African children estimated to have doubled during the last twenty years. This increase has been associated with drug resi

Author: Howard Shen
Publisher: Minireview
Keywords: immunology, mnemonics, immunomnemonics, memory, illustrated, cards
Number of Pages: 258
Published: 2008-02-22
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 159541102X
ISBN-13: 9781595411020

Printed in full color, this set of 129 ImmunoMnemonics cards makes Immunology fun to learn, clear to understand, and easy to memorize by using cartoons, mnemonics, analogues, humor, outline format, tables and flowcharts. Intended to serve as a memory aid for learning Immunology, either for the courses or the board exams.

Authors:Peter Perlmann, Marita Troye-Blomberg,
Publisher: Not Avail
Keywords: immunology, chemical, malaria
Number of Pages: 406
Published: 2002-05
List price: $241.75
ISBN-10: 3805573766
ISBN-13: 9783805573764

Despite extensive efforts to control it, malaria is still one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. This book, now in its second edition, provides a broad and up-to-date overview of the rapidly expanding field of malaria immunology and its importance in the control of this disease. The first section deals with the malaria parasite and its interactions with both the vertebrate host and the mosquitoes which transmit the disease. In the second part, the mechanisms of immunity and their regulation by environmental and genetic factors are discussed. Finally, this volume contains se

Author: Caughey
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: immunology, clinical, allergy, biology, mast, proteases, cell
Number of Pages: 351
Published: 1995-01-15
List price: $247.95
ISBN-10: 0824794842
ISBN-13: 9780824794842

This state-of-the-art reference provides timely and clinically and experimentally useful information on the major proteins of mast cell secretory granules that are released into the lung, skin, gut, eye, and other tissues under the influence of diverse stimuli-including cytokines, growth factors, neuropeptides, and allergen-bound immunoglobulin E. Demonstrates the important roles proteases play in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis as well as in the damaging events linked with allergy and other varieties of inflammation!