Published March, 2009
By Stephen T Holgate, Ruby Pawankar and Lanny J. Rosenwasser
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
Series: Allergy Frontiers
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When I entered the field of allergy in the early 1970s, the standard textbook was a few hundred pages, and the specialty was so compact that texts were often authored entirely by a single individual and were never larger than one volume.

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Published March, 2009
By Glen Furuta and Dan Atkins
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Looks at Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases as related to allergy with topics such as 'Basic pathogenetic mechanisms of Eosinophilic Esophagitis', 'Nutritional management of patients with food allergies and EGIDs', 'Chemotactic factors role in EGIDs', and 'Biomarkers associated with allergic diseases'.

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Published March, 2009
By Frederick W Alt
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Presents developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. This work addresses the range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and clinical modalities.

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Published March, 2009
By Paul-Peter Tak
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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This volume focuses on therapeutic targets that were identified after TNF blockade. All these targets have recently been registered or are currently under development for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Each chapter explores the biological rationale of a distinct therapeutic target in great detail.

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Published March, 2009
By Robert H. Paul, Ned Charlton Sacktor, Victor Valcour, Karen Tokie Tashima and Robert Paul
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Current Clinical Neurology
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Written by leading experts, this book offers a picture of how HIV impairs the brain, focusing on emerging areas including genetic strains of the virus, interactions between advanced age and HIV, and the impact of HIV on the brain during antiretroviral therapy.

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Published March, 2009
By Antony S. Dimitrov
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Over 2000 years ago in China, antibodies elicited by early forms of vaccination likely played a major role in the protection of the population from infectious agents. This explosion of research and development in the field of therapeutic antibodies prompted the publication of the MiMB volume Therapeutic Antibodies: Methods and Protocols.

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Published February, 2009
By Graham Pawelec, Tamas Fulop, Claudio Franceschi and Katsuiki Hirokawa
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This authoritative handbook covers all aspects of immunosenescence, with contributions from experts in the research and clinical areas. clinical relevance in disease states including infections, autoimmunity, cancer, metabolic syndrome, neurodegenerative diseases, frailty and osteoporosis;

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Published February, 2009
By Howard I. Maibach, Jean-Marie Lachapelle and J. Ring
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This new edition is revised, updated and expanded and includes more color illustrations, almost eighty in total. It is a universally useful guide in the management of positive and negative patch test and prick test reactions for all practicing dermatologists.

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Published January, 2009
By Iqbal S. Grewal
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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What has emerged over the years is that most TNF ligands bind to one distinct receptor and some of the TNF ligands are able to bind to multiple TNF receptors, explaining to some extent the apparent disparity in the number of TNF receptors and ligands.

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Published January, 2009
By Dmitri V. Krysko and Peter Vandenabeele
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This comprehensive volume covers the immunological, molecular and biological aspects of phagocytosis of dying cells as well as its clinical relevance. It integrates the latest research from many related disciplines of science and includes 59 illustrations.

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