Published December, 2011
By W. Timens, E. Grundmann, M.R. Parwaresch, E. Vollmer, C. Belisle, S. Bodewadt-Radzun, B. Brado, A. Castenholz, Y. Cho, P.P.H. De Bruyn, J. Delabie, C. de Wolf-Peeters, S. Fossum, H.J. Radzun, P. Möller, F. Facchetti, M.-L. Hansmann, E.C.M. Hoefsmit, E.W.A. Kamperdijk, F.G.M. Kroese, P. Nieuwenhuis, F.S. Peng, G. Sainte-Marie, J.J. van den Oord, E.B.J. van Nieuwkerk, M.A.M. Verdaasdonk, H.-H. Wacker and S. Boedewadt-Radzun
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Series: Current Topics in Pathology
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Despite our original intention to publish all the contributions in one book, it became necessary to divide them: Part 1 focuses on the involved nodal compartments, cell types, and functions, while Part 2 describes their reactions in inflammatory, neo plastic, and immune-deficient diseases.

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Published December, 2011
By Vincent R. Racaniello
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Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Published December, 2011
By H. Cottier, E. Grundmann, E. Vollmer, D.V. Ablashi, J. Audouin, N. Beck, Jacques Diebold, S.F. Josephs, R. Kraft, A. Le Tourneau, P. Möller, J. Diebold, V. Krieg, G.R.F. Krueger, D. Lorke, P. Lusso, F. Meister, S. Prevot, F. Shimamoto and G. Szekeres
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The induction of fibronectin in lymph nodes is effected by tumor cells forming a special part of the extracellular matrix. The multifunctional fibronec tin molecule serves as a mediator between tumor cells and fibroblasts, furthering the formation of tumor stroma.

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Published December, 2011
By Mark Bothwell
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Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Nerve growth factor (NGF) was the first such factor to be characterized (LEVI MONTALCINI and HAMBURGER 1953) and has served as the model against which all similar factors are compared. These include: three structurally related factors, NGF itself (SCOTT et al. acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors (aFGF, bFGF) (ABRAHAM et al.

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Published December, 2011
By Volker Ter Meulen, Martin A. Billeter, Martin Bach, Lina Martins and Martin F. Bach
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Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Measles, also called the greatest killer of children in history, still annually affects about 50 million individuals and causes close to a million deaths primarily in developing countries.

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Published December, 2011
By Gerd Staehler and Sigmund Pomer
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Our results with series of patients undergoing resection of metastases from the lung, bone, and liver show that surgery may be appropriate in selected patients with a good performance status, although most of them certainly cannot be cured by this procedure alone, i.e., in the absence of effective adjuvant therapies.

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Published December, 2011
By Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Marian R. Neutra and J.-P. Kraehenbuhl
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Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Mucosal immunity encompasses a broad field of research that includes areas of epithelial cell and molecular biology, molecular and cellular immunology, microbiology, virology, and vaccinology. It provides an overview of the components of the mucosal immune system, and the basic science relevant to mucosal vaccination.

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Published December, 2011
By Hans-Joachim Gabius, Gerd A. Nagel and G. A. Nagel
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The approaches comprise reports from diverse fields such as biochemistry, cell biology, pathology and clinical oncology, addressing questions of how tumors grow and spread, and leading to the improvement of clinical management and tumor diagnosis.

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Published December, 2011
By Michael B. A. Oldstone, Michael B.A. Oldstone and Michael Oldstone
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This volume focuses on the evidence for or against molecular mimicry as a cause of autoimmunity.

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Published December, 2011
By Soldano Ferrone
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