Immunology category: 985 books

Le système immunitaire assume l'une des grandes fonctions physiologiques des Vertébrés : l'aptitude à la reconnaissance d'un nombre prodigieux de structures moléculaires distinctes, les antigènes. Un antigène est classiquement réputé « étranger » à l'organisme chez lequel il provoque une réponse immunitaire. D'où la conception selon laquelle le...

This practical manual, written by well-known experts, reviews current indications for the use of IgG concentrates and some other modern immunomodulators and provides fundamental information on present-day immunomodulation in patients (and mice). The book opens by tracing the transition from IgG substitution...

Super immunity is a term that describes the state wherein the immune system is functioning as efficiently as possible. Despite modern technological advancement, many people still suffer from weak immune system and are more susceptible to common illness and disease. Knowing how to strengthen your immunity...

Recombinant human interleukin-2 became available for clinical use in the mid 1980s. Recent years have seen an enormous amount of clinical research with this cytokine and interleukin-2 has now been registered for use in a number of European countries for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma....

Surgery in Systemic Autoimmune Disease, Volume 15, describes the state-of-the-art of the use of surgery in treating the most common systemic autoimmune diseases (SADS). The volume consists of an introductory chapter concerning the impact of surgery on SADs, follow by eight chapters describing the...

Digenetic trematodes constitute a major helminth group that parasitize human and animals and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The diseases caused by trematodes have been neglected for years, especially as compared with other parasitic diseases. However, the geographical limits and the...

Developing Costimulatory Molecules for Immunotherapy of Diseases highlights the novel concept of reverse costimulation and how it can be effectively exploited to develop immunotherapy using either humanized antibodies against CD80, CD86, and other costimulatory molecules or CD28 fusinogenic proteins...

Gluten intolerance (Celiac Disease) is a chronic medical disorder of the small intestine which affects the lining of the small intestine to form anomalies after taking gluten.The small bowel mucosa shows1. Villous atrophy2. Columnal to cuboidal alterations in the absorbing cells3. Invasion of lamina...

This book is a direct result of 10 years of the well-known "Autoimmunity Days" in Israel, which are increasingly becoming an international focal point for autoimmunity scientists. Top researchers provide coverage of the most important knowledge generated during the last decade. The volume...

"Natural Immunity" is a broadly-based account of the activities of the evolutionarily conserved molecules, cells and processes of the natural immune system. This encompasses the early host protection against microbes (bacteria and viruses) and tumours, prior to the generation of the adaptive immune...

Der Autor konnte an eigenem Leib und Seele die positiven Veränderungen einer Umstellung auf eine vegetarische Ernährung erfahren. Er bringt dem Leser auf anschauliche Weise und mit fundierter Sachkenntnis nahe, dass nicht nur unser Körper, sondern auch Geist und Seele davon profitieren werden.   Dieses...

„Ich muss kratzen!“ Das allergische Kind sieht jeder Kinderarzt tagtäglich. Von den allergischen Hauterkrankungen zu Asthma: Der Pädiater ist derjenige, der als Erster eine Allergietestung durchführt und der wirksame therapeutische und präventive Maßnahmen auswählen muss. Das übersichtliche...

Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk für eine praxisnahe und moderne Allergiediagnostik, -therapie und -prävention. Umfangreiche Darstellung der Klinik und der Diagnostik mit allen Haut- und Provokationstests, der In-vitro-Serumdiagnostik und der zellulären Diagnostik. Der Weg zu einer erfolgreichen Therapie...