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Cellular immunology /
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Bios Scientific Publishers : Blackwell Scientific Publications,
[1994]
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| Colección: | Labfax series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Cellular Immunology: Labfax; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1. LABORATORY ANIMALS; 1. WELFARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS; 2. HEALTH MONITORING; 3. ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA; 4. ANIMAL MODELS IN IMMUNOLOGY; 5. TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; 6. IMMUNIZATION OF ANIMALS FOR ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; 7. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. TISSUES AND CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM; 1. PRIMARY LYMPHOID TISSUES; 2. SECONDARY (PERIPHERAL) LYMPHOID TISSUES; 3. LYMPHOCYTE RECIRCULATION AND HOMING; 4. CELLS OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE; 5. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. LEUKOCYTE DEVELOPMENT.
- 1. hematopoiesis2. lymphocyte development; 3. markers of cellular activation; 4. leukocyte lifespans; 5. age dependence of lymphocyte subpopulations; 6. methods of studying lymphocyte development; 7. references; chapter 4. tissue and cell culture; 1. general information; 2. tissue culture media; 3. organ culture; 4. cell isolation; 5. cell separation techniques; 6. cell culture; 7. cell and tissue preservation; 8. references; chapter 5. cell lines and hybridomas; 1. cell lines; 2. viral- and gene-mediated transformation; 3. stromal cell-dependent b-cell and t-cell lines.
- 4. antigen-specific t-cell lines5. b-cell hybridomas; 6. t-cell hybridomas; 7. cloning; 8. cell-line suppliers; 9. references; chapter 6. assays of cellular activity; 1. measurement of early activation; 2. phagocytosis and microbicidal activity; 3. chemotaxis and chemokinesis; 4. proliferation; 5. cytokine production; 6. antibody secretion; 7. cytotoxicity; 8. helper function; 9. limiting dilution; 10. apoptosis; 11. references; chapter 7. cell-surface antigens; 1. introduction; 2. references; chapter 8. antigen receptors; 1. structure; 2. genes encoding antigen receptors.
- 3. REARRANGEMENT OF ANTIGEN-RECEPTOR GENES (7)4. GENERATION OF DIVERSITY; 5. EXPRESSION OF Ig AND TCR GENES; 6. THE EXPRESSED V-REGION REPERTOIRE OF TCR AND Ig; 7. ASSEMBLY AND CELL-SURFACE TRANSPORT OF ANTIGEN RECEPTORS; 8. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. ANTIGEN PROCESSING AND PRESENTATION; 1. GENETICS; 2. THE ANTIGENS; 3. ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; 4. INHIBITORS OF ANTIGEN PROCESSING; 5. THE ANTIGEN-PROCESSING PATHWAY; 6. THE MOLECULES; 7. CONCLUSIONS; 8. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; 1. MOLECULES ENCODED WITHIN THE MHC; 2. STRUCTURE OF CLASS I AND CLASS II MOLECULES.
- 3. MAPS OF H-2 AND HLA GENES (AND OTHER SPECIES)4. NOMENCLATURE OF H-2 AND HLA ALLELES AND HAPLOTYPES; 5. TYPING METHODS; 6. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. SOLUBLE IMMUNOREGULATORY MOLECULES; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CYTOKINES; 3. IMMUNOGLOBULINS; 4. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. CELLULAR ACTIVATION; 1. LIGANDS AND RECEPTORS INVOLVED IN IMMUNE-CELL ACTIVATION; 2. TYROSINE KINASE ACTIVATION BY RECEPTORS ON CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM; 3. TYROSINE KINASE-REGULATED SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS; 4. ACTIVATION OF PHOSPHOLIPASE C BY G PROTEIN-LINKED RECEPTORS; 5. REGULATION OF cAMP LEVELS.