Published April, 2011
By Rafi Ahmed and Tasuku Honjo
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Adaptive immune responses serve as a key defense mechanism for the control of infections in vertebrates. Immune responses must be of sufficient strength to contain invading pathogens, antigen specific responses require regulatory mechanisms to ensure termination or downmodulation to avoid excessive damage to the host tissue.

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Published April, 2011
By Duane F. Bruley, David K. Harrison, Joseph C. LaManna, Michelle A. Puchowicz, Kuidong Xu, Kui Xu and Joseph LaManna
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This book covers all aspects of oxygen delivery to tissue, including blood flow and its regulation as well as oxygen metabolism. Special attention will be paid to methods of oxygen measurement in living tissue and application of these technologies to understanding physiological and biochemical basis for pathology related to tissue oxygenation.

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Published April, 2011
By Grant C. Bullock, John B. Cousar and Lawrence M. Silverman
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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Published March, 2011
By Peter Lydyard, Alex Whelan, Michael W. Fanger and Michael Fanger
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Published March, 2011
By Robert H. Rubin and Lowell S. Young
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Fully updated and expanded, this new edition explores new paradigms in disease management, specifically for diseases resulting from other types of life saving therapy -- e.g., cancer patients, transplant recipients, etc. Various case studies and examples are included to illustrate the concepts discussed.

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Published March, 2011
By Pnina Brodt
Publisher: Springer
Series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment
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Despite recent advances in surgery, and more aggressive resection, liver metastases still prove fatal in a high proportion of cases. This volume aims to enhance our understanding of the biology of hepatic cancer metastasis, in particular its early stages.

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Published February, 2011
By John P. Fisher
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This special issue of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology presents much of the research described at the recent 2nd International Tissue Engineering Conference held in Crete in May 2005.

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Published February, 2011
By Caroline O. S. Savage, Jeremy D. Pearson and Caroline O.S. Savage
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Reviews in Clinical Immunology
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This 1995 book is about the vascular endothelium - the layer of cells that lines the inner side of all blood vessel walls. It describes the role of the endothelium in inflammation and immunity with particular regard for autoimmune kidney, rheumatic and neurological disease and transplantation.

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Published February, 2011
By Sheila Weitzman and R. Maarten Egeler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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As a comprehensive reference on all aspects of the histiocytic disorders, Histiocytic Disorders of Children and Adults stands out a seminal text on the genetics, pathophysiology and clinical management of this wide range of diseases. It was originally published in 2005.

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Published February, 2011
By Esteban Ballestar
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This volume focuses on the relevance of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease. It provides new directions for future research in autoimmune disease.

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