Immunosuppression - Role in Health and Diseases
Edited by Suman Kapur and Maristela Barbosa Portela, ISBN 978-953-51-0152-9, Hard cover, 470 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 24, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Immunology, Allergology and Rheumatology
DOI: 10.5772/1897
A need for a book on immunology which primarily focuses on the needs of medical and clinical research students was recognized. This book, "Immunosuppression - Role in Health and Diseases" is relatively short and contains topics relevant to the understanding of human immune system and its role in health and diseases. Immunosuppression involves an act that reduces the activation or efficacy of the immune system. Therapeutic immunosuppression has applications in clinical medicine, ranging from prevention and treatment of organ/bone marrow transplant rejection, management of autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. It brings important developments both in the field of molecular mechanisms involved and active therapeutic approaches employed for immunosuppression in various human disease conditions. There was a need to bring this information together in a single volume, as much of the recent developments are dispersed throughout biomedical literature, largely in specialized journals. This book will serve well the practicing physicians, surgeons and biomedical scientists as it provides an insight into various approaches to immunosuppression and reviews current developments in each area.
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BOOK CONTENTS
- Chapter 1 Role of Opioidergic System in Humoral Immune Response
- Chapter 2 Endotoxin Tolerance as a Key Mechanism for Immunosuppression
- Chapter 3 Spleen Tyrosine Kinase: A Novel Target in Autoimmunity
- Chapter 4 Genetic Variation in AhR Gene Related to Dioxin Sensitivity in the Japanese Field Mouse, Apodemus speciosus
- Chapter 5 Anti-RhD-Mediated Immunosuppression: Can Monoclonal Antibodies Imitate the Action of Polyclonal Antibodies?
- Chapter 6 Immunotropic Properties of GABA-ergic Agents in Suppression
- Chapter 7 Immunodepression and Immunosuppression During Aging
- Chapter 8 Chronic Immune Response Hypothesis for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Experimental Results and Literature Overview
- Chapter 9 T Cell Suppression in Burn and Septic Injuries
- Chapter 10 Immunosuppression in Helminth Infection
- Chapter 11 Microbial Immunosuppression
- Chapter 12 Measles Virus Infection: Mechanisms of Immune Suppression
- Chapter 13 Immunoregulation: A Proposal for an Experimental Model
- Chapter 14 Cellular Therapies for Immunosuppression
- Chapter 15 Low Immunogenic Potential of Human Neural Stem Cells
- Chapter 16 Current Immunosuppression in Abdominal Organ Transplantation
- Chapter 17 Induction Therapy in Renal Transplant Recipients
- Chapter 18 Radiotherapy and Immunity – A Mini Review
- Chapter 19 The Role of Cyclosporine A in the Treatment of Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infections with the Use of Arterial Homografts
- Chapter 20 Clinical Immunosuppression in Solid Organ and Composite Tissue Allotransplantation
- Chapter 21 HIV/AIDS Associated Malignant Disorders: Role of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
- Chapter 22 E-Health 2.0 Developments in Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis
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