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Advances in immunology. Volume 99 /

Advances in Immunology, a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. Articles address the wide range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecul...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Alt, Frederick W., Austen, Frank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, �2008.
Colección:Advances in immunology.
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  • Front Cover; Advances in Immunology; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Cis-Regulatory Elements and Epigenetic Changes Control Genomic Rearrangements of the IgH Locus; 1. Introduction; 4. Class Switch Recombination and Somatic Hypermutation; Chapter 2: DNA-PK: The Means to Justify the Ends?; 1. Introduction; 2. Composition; 3. DNA Binding and Kinase Activation; 10. End Processing to Promote End Conservation; References; Chapter 3: Thymic Microenvironments for T-Cell Repertoire Formation; 2. Trafficking of Developing Thymocytes; 3. Cortical Microenvironment; Acknowledgments.
  • Chapter 4: Pathogenesis of Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy2. The Evidence for an Autoimmune Process in Myocarditis; 3. Mouse Models of Myocarditis; 4. Role of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Myocarditis; 5. Role of T Helper Cells in Myocarditis; 7. Conclusions/Directions for Future Research; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: Emergence of the Th17 Pathway and Its Role in Host Defense; 1. Introduction; 3. Functions of the Th17-Derived Cytokines; 4. IL-23/IL-17-Mediated Innate Immunity; 5. Th17 Cells and Innate Immunity.
  • 7. IL-23/IL-17-Mediated Responses in Specific Microbial Infections8. Closing Remarks; Chapter 6: Peptides Presented In Vivo by HLA-DR in Thyroid Autoimmunity; 3. Natural Ligands for HLA Class II in Autoimmune Thyroid Tissue; Acknowledgments; References; Subject Index; Contents of Recent Volumes; Color Plates.