Trends in Immunolabelled and Related Techniques
Cell Migration: Signalling and Mechanisms (Translational Research in Biomedicine, #2)
Cell migration is a highly complex process which involves several compartments of the cell, including surface receptors, signalling elements and the cytoskeleton. It plays an essential role in embryogenesis, wound healing and inflammatory responses, and a dysregulation of cell movement can cause pathological states such as developmental defects, chronic inflammation, cancer invasion and metastasis. Covering extracellular regulatory signals and intracellular signal transduction pathways as wel...
Mistletoe: From Mythology to Evidence-Based Medicine (Translational Research in Biomedicine, #4)
Since ancient times the mistletoe plant has been used for healing diseases. Today mistletoe extract therapy is among the most thoroughly studied complementary treatments in Europe. Several studies and meta-analyses have shown it to be beneficial for cancer patients in terms of survival, improved quality of life and minimised side effects of cancer chemotherapy. This book gives an overview of the research on mistletoe therapy from antiquity to the present. Topics discussed include the cultural a...
'This remarkable book ... Will be a kind of bible in which they can find practically all the facts, described in a critical and clear manner.' FEBS Letters.
Cholinesterase Genes: Multileveled Regulation (Monographs in Human Genetics, #13)
Case Studies in Allergic Disorders is designed for undergraduate and graduate students in immunology, medical students, and resident physicians. It describes the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of commonly occurring allergic diseases and introduces the rationale for targeted treatment of allergy. Replicating the successful approach of Case Studies in Immunology, the book presents mechanisms of hypersensitivity through a selection of clinical cases that reinfo...
Conducting Independent Educational Evaluations: A Practical Guide to School-Based Assessments establishes standards for conducting independent educational assessments, also defining the process for completing them in school settings. The text outlines the content for such an assessment, and also includes the direct measurement procedures for determining the quality of educational programming. Users will find practice-proven datasheets and decision-making flowcharts that practitioners can imm...
Mrsa
Responding to the growing concern about the increased frequency and resistance of MRSA infections, this invaluable source analyzes the latest developments in the identification, assessment, and management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by leading authorities on the topic.
Polyklonale Antikoerper Eine Einfuehrung in Die Theorie
by Elvira Schecklies
In diesem Buch werden erstmals die Grundlagen der Herstellung polyklonaler Antikorper zusammengefat. Ausgehend von der Planung im Vorfeld werden die einzelnen Schritte Antigenaufbereitung, Immunisierung und Antiserumgewinnung dargestellt - und dies anwendungsbezogen und leicht verstandlich. Besondere Beachtung finden hierbei vielfaltige Aspekte der Tierhaltung. Schlielich werden die verschiedenen Anwendungsmoglichkeiten fur Immmunoglobuline aufgezeigt. Die Autorin, selbst bereits viele Jahre mit...
Interleukin-6-Type Cytokines (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 762)
by Andrzej Mackiewicz, A. Koj, and Sehgal
The Protein Protocols Handbook (Methods in Molecular Biology)
by Anthony Walker
A remarkable treasury of 144 state-of-the-art and highly successful analytical techniques for studying proteins and peptides. John Walker has included many updated and improved methods from his best-selling Basic Protein and Peptide Protocols as well as adding nearly 100 new ones. Each tried-and-tested protocol contains detailed, step-by-step instructions, time-saving troubleshooting tips, alternative procedures, informative explanations, and comprehensive lists of reagents and suppliers - aids...
Immunochemistry of Proteins
The structural features responsible for the immunogenicity of certain parts of native protein molecules have been of interest to immunochemists and protein chemists for over three decades. Following the early work of Land- steiner in 1942, which showed that peptide fragments from silk fibroin exhibited an inhibitory activity toward the reaction of the protein with its antibodies, fragments from many other protein systems have been isolated and studied. However, no concerted effort was (or could...
Dr. Hilary Koprowski is the pioneer of live polio vaccine, the first researcher to advance the diagnostic and therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies, and the developer of the "gold standard" rabies vaccine. This biography chronicles his distinguished career and life's work in the field of microbiology. A world-reknowned maverick in biomedical research, Koprowski's research methods were often considered controversial and even radical. Nonetheless, he acquired key positions in many research orga...
Interleukin-6
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine that plays an important role in acute inflammation. It is secreted by T cells and macrophages during infection and after trauma. It is responsible for activation of B cells and other immune cells. In this book, the authors discuss the genetics, clinical applications and role in disease of interleukin-6. Topics include IL-6 inhibitors as novel generation of treatment strategies; the role of interleukin-6 in postoperative delirium; elevated interleuki...
Microbial Subversion of Immunity
Beta-lymphocytes in the Immune Response - Functional, Developmental and Interactive Properties
Immunochemical Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v. 10)
by Margaret M. Manson
Highlights recent advances in immunochemical techniques and their impact on basic research and clinical medicine, combining the forces of experts in a wide range of subspecialties to cover a wealth of information.
Antibody Phage Display (Methods in Molecular Biology, v. 178)
by Phillipa Obrien and Robert Aitken
This comprehensive collection of established antibody phage display protocols features authoritative guidance that will enable the nonspecialist successfully to carry them out. Coverage spans the construction of antibody libraries, the selection of antibody clones with the desired properties, and their modification, expression, and purification. Comprehensive and highly practical, Antibody Phage Display: Methods and Protocols provides biochemists, molecular biologists, and immunologists with a g...
Progress in Vaccinology 2 (Lecture Notes in Engineering, #2)
by G. P. Talwar
Vaccines have historically been considered to be the most cost-effective method for preventing communicable diseases. It was a vaccine that en abled global eradication of the dreaded disease smallpo. ."
The Immune System (Colloquium der Gesellschaft fur Biologische Chemie in Mosbach Baden, #27)
The cells of the immune system generate a large variety of binding sites which differ in their binding specificities and can therefore react specifically with a large variety of ligands. These binding sites are part of receptor molecules, enabling the system to react to the universe of antigens. The classical antigen receptor is the antibody molecule, and accord- ingly the first session of this colloquium deals with a classical sub- ject, namely antibody structure. Dramatic recent advances in th...
Phagocytes