Published September, 2016
By Alberto Mantovani and Subhra K. Biswas
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Macrophages are a key component of the innate immune system and play an integral role in host defense and homeostasis. Thus, macrophages are extremely versatile cells that can respond efficiently to tissue micro environmental cues by polarizing to distinct phenotypes, depending on the functions they need to perform.

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Published September, 2016
By William Horsnell
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Also covered are how helminth infections alter the host's ability to control TB, HIV and malarial infections along with neglected bacterial infections, such as cholera, and how endemic helminth infections are likely to alter our ability to respond to life-saving vaccination strategies.

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Published September, 2016
By Ben T. Saji, Jane Newburger, Jane C. Burns, Masato Takahashi, Ben Tsutomu Saji and Jane W. Newburger
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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It offers an invaluable resourcefor general pediatricians, pediatric and adult cardiologists, pediatric cardiacsurgeons, infectious disease specialists, pediatric rheumatologists,epidemiologists, and basic researchers in these disciplines.

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Published September, 2016
By Emmanuel Donnadieu
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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This volume focuses on recent advances in understanding T cells as key players in antitumor immune responses, and as a result T cell-based immunotherapy is starting to transform the treatment of advanced cancers.

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Published September, 2016
By Duane F. Bruley, David K. Harrison and Harold M. Swartz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Published September, 2016
By Robert Yarchoan
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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The association between AIDS and cancer was recognized from the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, when the appearance of Kaposi sarcoma in a cluster of young men was one of the first signs of this new disease.

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Published August, 2016
By Peter Pietschmann
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This fully updated and extended second edition provides a comprehensive overview on the basic concepts of the rapidly developing field of osteoimmunology and also offers in-depth insights into the molecular mechanisms of bone diseases. This second edition in addition discusses the latest topics in transplantation immunology.

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Published August, 2016
By Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, Arthur Andrew Hurwitz and Arthur A. Hurwitz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Tumor-Induced Immune Suppression - Prospects and Progress in Mechanisms and Therapeutic Reversal presents a comprehensive overview of large number of different mechanisms of immune dysfunction in cancer and therapeutic approaches to their correction.

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Published August, 2016
By Irving C. Allen
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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The innate immune system represents a critical arm of the immune response by providing immediate and robust host defense;

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Published August, 2016
By Hisanori Umehara, Kazuichi Okazaki, Shigeyuki Kawa, Mitsuhiro Kawano and John H. Stone
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IgG4-related disease is a new systemic disease that has only recently been identified and characterized. A wealth of radiological and histopathological images helps clinicians to understand its characteristics in various organs as well as their clinical and basic medical backgrounds.

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