Primary immunodeficiency diseases : a molecular and genetic approach /

This book will present the principles of immunology, genetics, and molecular biology as they pertain to the primary immunodeficiency diseases; the hallmark of these diseases is an increased susceptbility to infections. The major authorities in the field address both the scientific aspects and the pr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ochs, Hans D., 1936-, Smith, C. I. Edvard, 1951-, Puck, Jennifer, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Immunological deficiency syndromes > Genetic aspects.
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes > genetics
Syndromes de déficit immunitaire > Aspect génétique.
MEDICAL > Immunology.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Allergies.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Immune System.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Genetically determined immunodeficiency diseases / C.I. Edvard Smith, Hans D. Ochs, and Jennifer M. Puck
  • Genetic principles and technologies in the study of immune disorders / Jennifer M. Puck and Robert L. Nussbaum
  • Mammalian hematopoietic development and function / Gerald J. Sprangrude
  • T cell development / Rae S.M. Yeung [and others]
  • Molecular mechanisms guiding B cell development / Antonius Rolink [and others]
  • Signal transduction by T and B lymphocyte antigen receptors / Neetu Gupta, Anthony L. DeFranco, and Arthur Weiss
  • Lymphoid organ development, cell trafficking, and lymphocute responses / Sirpa Jalkanen and Marko Salmi
  • Phagocytic system / Kuender D. Yang, Paul G. Quie, and Harry R. Hill
  • X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency / Jennifer M. Puck
  • Autosomal recessive severe combined immunodeficiency due to defects of cytokine signaling pathways / Fabio Candotti and Luigi Notarangelo
  • V(D)J recombination defects / Jean-Pierre de Villartay, Klaus Schwarz, and Anna Villa
  • Immunodeficiency due to defects of purine metabolism / Rochelle Hirschhorn, Fabio Candotti
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency due to mutations in the CD45 gene / Talal Chatila and Markku Heikinheimo
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency due to defects in T cell receptor-associated protein kinases / Melissa E. Elder
  • Human interleukin-2 receptor [alpha] deficiency / Chaim M. Roifman
  • CD3 and CD8 deficiencies / José R. Regueiro and Teresa Espanol
  • Molecular basis of major histocompatibility complex class II deficiency / Walter Reith, Barbara Lisowska-Grospierre, and Alain Fischer
  • Peptide transporter defects in human leukocyte antigen class I deficiency / Henri de la Salle, Lionel Donato, and Daniel Hanau
  • CD40, CD40 ligand, and the hyper-IgM syndrome / Raif S. Geha, Alessandro Plebani, and Luigi Notarangelo
  • Autosomal hyper-IgM syndromes caused by an intrinsic B cell defect / Anne Durandy, Patrick Revy, and Alain Fischer
  • X-linked agammaglobulinemia / C.I. Edvard Smith, Anne B. Satterthwaite, and Owen N. Witte
  • Autosomal recessive agammaglobulinemia / Mary Ellen Conley
  • Genetic approach to common variable immunodeficiency and IgA deficiency / Lennart Hammarström and C.I. Edvard Smith
  • Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome / Jennifer M. Puck [and others].
  • Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy, candidiasis and ectodermal dystrophy / Leena Peltonen-Palotie, Maria Halonen, and Jaakko Perheentupa
  • Immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy; X-linked inheritance / Troy R. Torgerson [and others]
  • Periodic fever syndromes / Daniel Kastner, Susannah Brydges, and Keith M. Hull
  • Inherited disorders of the interleukin-12/23-interferon gamma axis / Melanie Newport [and others]
  • Ataxia-telangiectasia / Martin F. Lavin and Yosef Shiloh
  • Chromosomal instability syndromes other than ataxia-telangiectasia / Rolf-Dieter Wegner [and others]
  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome / Hans D. Ochs, Fred S. Rosen.
  • X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to defects of SH2D1A / Volker Schuster and Cox Terhorst
  • DiGeorge syndrome / Deborah A. Driscoll and Kathleen E. Sullivan
  • Hyper IgE recurrent infection syndromes / Bodo Grimbacher, Jennifer F. Puck, and Stevn M. Holland
  • Immunodeficiency with centromere instability and facial anomalies / R. Scott Hansen, Corry Weemaes, and Cisca Wijmenga
  • Immunodeficiencies with associated manifestations of skin, hair, teeth, and skeleton / Mario Abinun, Ilkka Kaitila and Jean-Laurent Casanova
  • Chronic granulomatous disease / Dirk Roos, Taco W. Kuijpers, and John T. Curnutte
  • Cell adhesion and leukocyte adhesion defects / Amos Etzioni and John M. Harlan.
  • Cyclic and congenital neutropenia due to defects in neutrophil elastase / David Dale and Andrew Aprikyan
  • Chediak-Higashi syndrome / Richard A. Spritz
  • Inherited hemophagocytic syndromes / Geneviève de Saint Basile
  • Genetically determined deficiencies of the complement system / Kathleen E. Sullivan and Jerry A. Winkelstein
  • Assessment of the immune system / Helen M. Chapel, Siraj Misbah, and A. David Webster
  • Genetic aspects of primary immunodeficiencies / Jennifer M. Puck
  • Immunodeficiency information systems / Jouni Väliaho [and others]
  • Conventional therapy of primary immunodeficiency diseases / E. Richard Stiehm and Helen M. Chapel
  • Bone marrow transplantation for primary immunodeficiency diseases / Rebecca H. Buckley and Alain Fischer
  • Gene therapy / Fabio Candotti and Alain Fischer.

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