Published July, 2011
By Yuriy A. Knirel and Miguel A. Valvano
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
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The bacterial lipopolysaccharide also known as endotoxin is exhaustively covered in the present work. This important class of biomolecules has recently attracted the attention of many investigators, in particular for understanding its involvement in innate immunity, toll-like receptor recognition and intracellular signaling.

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Published July, 2011
By Frederick W Alt
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Presents developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. This title includes articles that address a range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and clinical modalities.

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Published July, 2011
By Isabelle Couillin, Virginie Petrilli and Fabio Martinon
Publisher: Springer (Springer Basel)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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The inflammasome was first described in 2002 as a molecular complex activating proinflammatory caspases and therefore regulating the maturation and biological activities of cytokines such as IL-1 and IL-18.

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Published June, 2011
By Jonathan P. Rast and James W.D. Booth
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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These include imaging techniques that aim to understand receptor localization and trafficking, techniques to measure receptor-ligand interactions, strategies to identify novel ligands and methods to analyze downstream receptor signaling, as well as strategies for genomic and proteomic characterization of receptor repertoires.

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Published June, 2011
By Domenico Ribatti and Enrico Crivellato
Publisher: Springer
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Mast cells are versatile, tissue-homing secretory cells, which were first described by Paul Ehrlich in 1878. As most tumours contain inflammatory cell infiltrates, which often include plentiful mast cells, the question as to the possible contribution of mast cells to tumour development has progressively been emerged.

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Published June, 2011
By Shuiping Jiang
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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After the discovery of differentiation and transcription factors for TH17 cells, it was clear that TH17 cells represent an independent subset of T cells with specific functions in eliminating certain extracellular pathogens, presumably not adequately handled by TH1 or TH2 cells.

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Published June, 2011
By Joel J. Schaefer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Published June, 2011
By Richard V. Heatley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Reviews in Clinical Immunology
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This 1994 volume summarizes basic scientific advances in the area of the gut immune system and the immune abnormalities relevant to gastrointestinal and liver disease. The volume will be of interest to all scientists interested in mucosal immunology, for clinical immunologists, gastroenterologists and hepatologists, transplant surgeons and paediatricians.

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Published June, 2011
By Linda Cox and Linda S. Cox
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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One hundred years have elapsed since specific allergen immunotherapy (SIT) was first employed and found to be effective in the treatment of allergic respiratory diseases. This title offers a comprehensive review of this disease modifying treatment, exploring its history, status, and potential future.

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Published June, 2011
By Francesco Chiappelli
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Osteoimmunology pertains to the study of the relationship between the bones, particularly the bone marrow, and the immune system.

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