Immunology
Volume 1: Immunotoxicology, Immunopathology, and Immunotherapy
Description
Key Features
- Presents the most advanced information regarding the role of autophagy and immunity
- Introduces new, more effective therapeutic strategies in the development of targeted drugs and programmed cell death
- Edited work with chapters authored by leaders from around the globe – the broadest, most expert coverage available
Readership
Academic/clinical professors, post-doctoral fellows, graduate and medical students in immunology, microbiology, pathology, infectious diseases and cancer research
Table of Contents
I. MOLECULAR MECHANISMS
1. Introduction to Immunology
2. Cytomegalovirus and Autophagy
3. The Role of Macroautophagy in T Cells
4. Increased Immunogenicity through Autophagy
5. Regulation of Humoral Immunity by CD1D-Restricted Natural Killer T Cells
6. Signaling by the Toll-like Receptors Induces Autophagy through Modification of Beclin-1: Molecular Mechanism
7. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Action of Ipilimumab against metastatic melanoma
8. To Help or To Harm: Dynamic Roles of CD4+ T Helper Cells in Solid Tumor Microenvironments
9. Development and Function of Nk Cells and its Importance in Cancer ImmunotherapyII. ROLE IN DISEASE AND TREATMENT
10. Varicella Zoster Vaccine Experience in HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents
11. Development of An Effective Alzheimer’s Vaccine
12. Obesity-induced Defects in Dendritic Cell and T Cell Functions: Implications for Immunotherapeutic Efficacy in Cancer
13. Redox-Dependent Circuits Regulating B Lymphocyte Physiology
14. Immunomodulatory Attributes of Aged Garlic Extract and Its Components
15. MUC 1 and Cancer Immunotherapy
Product details
- No. of pages: 286
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2017
- Published: October 27, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128098196
- eBook ISBN: 9780128098974
About the Editor
M. Hayat
