Published September, 2011
By Julio Aliberti
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Upon infection the host needs to mount vigorous immune response against pathogen in order to successfully control its replication.

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Published September, 2011
By Thomas A. Miller, Noelle Granger, Lawrence I. Gilbert, Joanne Ballarino, Ad M.T. Beenakkers, Walter G. Goodman, Bruce W. Hermann, Rainer Keller, Joseph G. Kunkel, Noelle A. Granger, Michael Ma, Rob C.H.M. Oudejans, Hugo Schooneveld, Thomas K.F. Schulz, Klaus-Peter Sieber, J.A. Veenstra, Hans Voshol, James T. Warren, Shuenn-Jue Wu and Lawrence Gilbert
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Series in Experimental Entomology
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Insects as a group occupy a middle ground in the biosphere between bacteria and viruses at one extreme, amphibians and mammals at the other. Therefore, techniques developed in the study of insects or in those fields concerned with the control of insect pests are often unique.

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Published September, 2011
By Masaki Terabe, J. Berzofsky and Jay A. Berzofsky
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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This book will cover primary roles of NKT cells in immunity to cancer, in both mouse tumor models and cancer patients. There are several chapters describing general aspects of NKT cells.

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Published September, 2011
By Erik De Clercq
Publisher: Springer
Series: New Perspectives in Clinical Microbiology
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Proceedings of the International Symposium on Frontiers in Microbiology, Held Nov. 20-22, in Leuven, Belgium, in Honour of Prof. P. de Somer

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Published September, 2011
By C.M. Stern
Publisher: Springer
Series: Immunology and Medicine
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After Maureen Young's summary of fetal physiology, Matteo Adinolfi describes the development of the immune system in the fetus, including new information that allows more accurate speculation concerning the gestational age at which fetal immune responses of various kinds may begin.

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Published September, 2011
By Wolfgang Baumeister and Peter Zwickl
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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The penultimate chapter rounds up the in formation on intracellular distribution of proteasomes in yeast and mammalian cells, while the last contribution highlights proteasome inhibitors, tools which proved to be very valuable for dissecting the cellular roles of the proteasome and which might turn out to be of pharmacological importance.

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Published September, 2011
By Bruce Beutler and Hermann Wagner
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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On occasion, the innate immune system is referred to as the "primitive" immune system. On the contrary, the innate immune system has had time to achieve a level of refinement that is nothing short of dazzling, and a modicum of respect is at long last due.

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Published September, 2011
By Louis B. Justement and Katherine A. Siminovitch
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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This volume provides a review of current research in the field of B cell development and differentiation with particular emphasis on signal transduction processes.

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Published September, 2011
By Ursula Gunthert and Walter Birchmeier
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Published September, 2011
By Marcel B.M. Teunissen
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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The chapters highlight the effectiveness of intradermal immunization in experimental animal models or in clinical practice, all supporting the view that intradermal immunization is at least as good as other immunization routes.

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