Published October, 2010
By Dorian McGavern and Michael Dustin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Researchers have used a variety of techniques over the past century to gain fun- mental insights in the field of immunology and, as technology has advanced, so too has the ability of researchers to delve deeper into the biological mechanics of immunity.

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Published October, 2010
By Francesco M. Marincola and Dirk Nagorsen
Publisher: Springer
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In contrast, novel assays such as enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay, intracellular cytokine assay and tetramer assay can quantitate the frequency of antigen-specific T cells.

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Published October, 2010
By Patrice Boquet and E. Lemichez
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Pathogenic bacteria for human and animals have developed sophisticated weapons, termed virulence factors, to ensure their replication and persistence into their hosts. The authors in this volume show a synthesis on how the various host cellular Rho GTPases activities are manipulated by bacteria to fulfil their virulence.

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Published October, 2010
By Mikhail V. Kiselevsky
Publisher: Springer
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This Atlas is a unique scientific publication. The Atlas comprises a large number of illustrations presenting schemes and original micrographs demonstrating morphological features and ultrastructure of immunocompetent cells at various stages of differentiation.

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Published October, 2010
By Jean-Pierre Changeux and Peter Palese
Publisher: Springer
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Ulrich Desselberger, Gif-sur-Yvette/Cambridge.Infection of a naive (non-immune) host with a virus elicits an immediate response which results in a cascade of changes in the host, including an interferon response (innate immunity).

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Published October, 2010
By Elling Ulvestad
Publisher: Springer
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Defending Life discusses the relationship between hosts and parasites. Its emphasis on analytical abstractions, coherent patterns and generative mechanisms makes possible the distinction between genuine causality and coincidental associations and increases the understanding of why we observe what we observe.

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Published October, 2010
By Thomas A. Luger and Richard D. Granstein
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Much anecdotal information has suggested an influence of psychology and the nervous system on immunity within the skin and the expression of inflammatory skin disorders.

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Published October, 2010
By Johannes Ring, Timothy Fortescue Platts-Mills and T. Platts-Mills
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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In this book, not only IgE-mediated allergic reactions are covered but all other kinds of allergies such as atopic eczema, contact dermatitis, drug eruptions, anaphylaxis and food allergies are equally represented as well as psychosomatic aspects and problems of environmental intolerances.

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Published October, 2010
By Janos Minarovits, Eva Gonczol and Tibor Valyi-Nagy
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Special emphasis is given to results on molecular mechanisms regulating latent promoters of herpesvirus genomes and signals and molecular pathways resulting in reactivation of latent viral genomes.

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Published October, 2010
By Munther A. Khamashta and M.A. Khamashta
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Eponymous volume - edited by the investigator on the team which defined this syndrome

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