Published July, 2008
By Frederick W Alt
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Presents developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. This volume includes articles, which 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, 2008
By George P. Chrousos, Hugo Besedovsky, Adriana Del Rey and George Chrousos
Publisher: Elsevier (Elsevier Science Ltd)
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The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis controls reactions to stress and regulates various body processes such as digestion, the immune system, mood and sexuality, and energy usage. This volume focuses on the immune system and provides experimental and clinical data to support the understanding in the field.

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Published July, 2008
By AK Agarwal and A. K. Agarwal
Publisher: Jaypee Medical (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers)
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Published June, 2008
By Vassil St. Georgiev, Karl A. Western, John J. McGowan and Karl Western
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Infectious Disease
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Contains presentations given at the 2006 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Research Conference held in Opatija, Croatia which brought internationally known researchers from the United States and Central and Eastern Europe to focus together on shared interests in microbiology, infectious disease, and HIV/AIDS.

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Published June, 2008
By Morikazu Onji, Sk. Md. Fazle Akbar and Fazle Akbar
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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Great advances have taken place in basic research and the clinical usefulness of dendritic cells (DCs). Researchers in the field are optimistic that DCs, already in use for treating patients with cancers, soon can be used therapeutically for patients with chronic infections, autoimmune diseases, and allergic manifestations.

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Published June, 2008
By Novartis Foundation, Gregory R. Bock, Jamie A. Goode and Novartis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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* This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date account of where we stand in immunological strategies for preventing or treating type 1 diabetes (T1D).

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Published May, 2008
By S.K. Mohanty and S. K. Mohanty
Publisher: Jaypee Medical (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers)
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Published May, 2008
By Slobodan Vukicevic, Kuber T. Sampath and Kuber Sampath
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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Completing the PIR series, this volume summarizes the major advances made in the local and systemic use of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). biological actions of BMPs in bone, cartilage, and teeth; and the potential systemic use of BMPs for tissues beyond bone.

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Published May, 2008
By Ronald A. Asherson, Sara Walker, Luis Jara, Ronald Asherson and Luis J. Jara
Publisher: Elsevier (Elsevier Science Ltd)
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Evaluates the role of Steroids in autoimmune rheumatic diseases from the basic mechanisms to clinical involvements and focuses on the importance of steroidal hormones in the pathogenesis and therapeutical management of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases. This book discusses the perturbations of the HPA axis as source of altered steroidal synthesis.

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Published May, 2008
By Christopher Phelps, Elena A. Korneva and Christopher P. Phelps
Publisher: Elsevier (Elsevier Science Ltd)
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Presents an understanding on the presence and function of CNS cytokines and their receptors in a variety of central nervous system cells during health and disease. This work demonstrates the presence and synthesis of cytokines in brain cells, as well as their receptors on cell membranes in health and disease.

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