Published November, 2008
By Michael B. A. Oldstone, Michael B.A. Oldstone and Diane E. Griffin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Measles virus, one of the most contagious of all human viruses, has been largely contained by the development and use of a vaccine that was introduced 50 years ago.

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Published November, 2008
By Valerie Quesniaux, Franco Di Padova and Bernard Ryffel
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
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With the recent definition of the Th17 cell subset, a new paradigm in innate and adaptive immunity has been established. This topical volume describes the function of the Th17 cell subset and its prevalent role in many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

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Published October, 2008
By Frederick W Alt
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Contains articles that address the wide range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and clinical modalities. It is suitable for scientists and specialists involved in advancements in immunology.

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Published October, 2008
By Melgardt M. de Villiers, Pornanong Aramwit, Glen S. Kwon and Melgardt M. Villiers
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Aspects
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The reader will be introduced to various aspects of the fundamentals of nanotechnology based drug delivery systems and the application of these systems for the delivery of small molecules, proteins, peptides, oligonucleotides and genes.

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Published October, 2008
By Andras Falus
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Immunomics Reviews:
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Although rapid progress has been made to identify the proteins playing pivotal roles in the innate immunity-related signalling pathways (for example, TIR signalling pathways), the catalogue of proteins with a key regulatory function identified and studied is far from completed.

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Published October, 2008
By Gerald W. Volcheck
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Current Clinical Practice
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The subsequent chapters focus on the common allergic conditions seen in the office or clinic, including rhinitis and rhinosinusitis, allergic eye disease, asthma, urticaria and angioedema, atopic and contact dermatitis, drug allergy, food allergy, anaphylaxis, and stinging insect allergy.

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Published October, 2008
By Andreas Bosio and Bernhard Gerstmayer
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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This book summarizes the most advanced technical aspects covering all steps for a thorough application of microarrays to inflammation topics - from sample generation to data analysis. The book will help a researcher or clinician to plan, perform and analyze or to critically review microarray experiments related to inflammation research.

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Published October, 2008
By Carol Shoshkes Reiss
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Neurotropic viruses infect the brain, often causing lethal disease in people. This book details these individual viruses, the diseases they cause, how they spread, their detection and treatment, and their prevention. There is also discussion of the beneficial uses of these neurotropic viruses for gene therapy and tumor lysis.

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Published October, 2008
By Kian Fan Chung, John G. Widdicombe, K. Fan Chung and John Widdicombe
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
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With contributions by numerous experts

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Published October, 2008
By John D. Lambris
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This volume represents a collection of topics on the "novel" functions of complement, patho-physiology, protein structures, design of complement inhibitors, and complement assays discussed during the conference.

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