Books in Immunology

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The Paradox of the Immune System

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August 3, 2022
Louis J. Catania
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The Paradox of the Immune System: Protection, Inflammation, Autoimmune Disease and Beyond provides a provocative approach to immunology as a "double-edged sword." While it is our greatest protector, it is also the cause of chronic inflammation that leads to autoimmune disease, cancer and infectious diseases like COVID-19. Sections cover the basic science of immunology and its intimate genetic associations, biomedical hypotheses asserting immunology as the basis of all human diseases, and elaborate on immunology as "the enemy within us." This engaging, original approach to a science so personal provides new and invaluable understanding on the bioscience that controls our lives.

Microbial Crosstalk with Immune System

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July 26, 2022
Asmita Das
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Our body is not sterile and harbors enumerable microflora that are now being understood to play a complex role in immune regulation and shaping of the immune system in a continuous and dynamic way. In 8 chapters, Microbial Crosstalk with Immune System: New Insights in Therapeutics provides an overall introduction with special focus on how the immune system which is specifically geared to get rid of non-self-antigens, allows numerous microbes to colonize the human body. In the presence of microbes there are several observations that suggest that there are multiple roles that are played by these microbes in tumor progression and shaping of our immune system which is explained at length in subsequent chapters. Microbial Crosstalk with Immune System: New Insights in Therapeutics discusses the emerging mechanisms of immune-therapeutics as well as its limitations while emphasizing the potential role of microbes in shaping immune-therapeutic and evolving novel strategies to deal with any limitations.

Immunology of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Implantation Failure

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July 3, 2022
Joanna Kwak-Kim
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Immunology of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss provides doctors and immunologists with the information they need to help couples who experience recurrent pregnancy losses. Sections cover unexplained infertility, repeated in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer failures, history of second or third trimester pregnancy losses of unknown cause, or pregnancy with a history of or active autoimmune and/or alloimmune disease. Reproductive failure (RF), including recurrent pregnancy losses (RPL) and repeated implantation failures (RIF) is rather a syndrome than a disease caused by multiple etiologies, such as anatomical, endocrine, genetic, infectious, immunological, thrombotic and unexplained etiologies, hence this book strives to present the latest information. In 27 chapters, divided in 5 sections, the book introduces the current update of reproductive immunology topics in RF and provides systematic diagnostic guidelines, systemic and immune etiologies and therapeutic approaches.

Strategies to Mitigate the Toxicity of Cancer Therapeutics

1st Edition
Volume 155
June 30, 2022
David A. Gewirtz + 1 more
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Strategies to Mitigate the Toxicity of Cancer Therapeutics, Volume 155 in the Advances in Cancer Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters, each of which is written by an international board of authors.

Macrophages in the Human Body

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June 8, 2022
Niels Olson Saraiva Camara + 1 more
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Through recent research, there has been a significant number of findings involving the biology of macrophages. Beyond the 1st line of defense, macrophages have several specific characteristics across different tissues, organs, and systems. Macrophages comprehend a heterogeneous phagocytic population with wide range phenotypes, and tissue-specific functions, such as bone resorption, extracellular matrix production, red blood cells and bacteria removal, among others. Through innate immune receptors macrophages can modulate several pathways that culminate in the production of various types of inflammatory mediators such as chemokines, cytokines, oxygen reactive species, and lipid mediators which ultimately altered the behavior of other cells. Moreover, environment signals modify and induce metabolic reprograming that it alters phenotype and functions.Macrophages in the Human Body: A Tissue Level Approach presents a current overview of the diversity of macrophages across multiple human body systems, their phenotype, function and metabolic characteristics. It covers translational aspects where there is research support to indicate the therapeutic potential.

Nanotheranostics for Treatment and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

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May 21, 2022
Keerti Jain + 1 more
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Nanotheranostics for Treatment and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases comprises the latest information on the technological advancements made in the field of nanotechnology for application in therapeutics with diagnostic applications. The book focuses on the theranostic applications of nanomaterials in infectious diseases, highlighting that rapid diagnosis, safe and effective treatment and strong preventive measures like vaccines are urgently needed. It compiles all relevant information to help scientists, researchers and students understand the role of nanomaterials, how nanomaterials could be explored simultaneously for therapeutic and diagnostic applications, and how to ensure safety and efficacy of these nanomaterials. Sections cover fundamental concepts, emerging concerns and challenges to combat infectious diseases, the characterization of nanomaterials for theranostic applications, and the toxicity, biocompatibility and regulatory perspectives in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases.

Eosinophil Ultrastructure

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May 2, 2022
Rossana C.N. Melo + 2 more
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Eosinophil Ultrastructure: Atlas of Eosinophil Cell Biology and Pathology entirely focuses on eosinophils and their functional roles in inflammation, host defense, and normal homeostatic activities. The book explores the ultrastructure of human eosinophils, highlighting biological processes observed under normal, experimental, and pathological conditions. Created to fill a void in the eosinophil literature, the book includes an extensive array of electron microscopic images that illustrate the diversity of eosinophil morphology. While the atlas is a learning and teaching tool, it is mainly a helpful resource for researchers to identify distinguishing features and structural changes that arise during studies of human eosinophils. The book also covers the ultrastructure of mouse eosinophils under normal and activation conditions and in the context of representative diseases.

Translational Autoimmunity, Volume 4

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May 1, 2022
Nima Rezaei
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As the autoimmune diseases could affect different organs, Translational Autoimmunity: Autoimmune Diseases in Different Organs addresses the spectrum of autoimmune diseases. The fourth volume of Translational Immunology Series focuses on clinical and laboratory details of autoimmune diseases which are broadly categorized into two types of organ-specific autoimmune diseases and non-organ specific autoimmune diseases (also known as systemic autoimmune diseases). Autoimmune rheumatic diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune rheumatic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and thyroid diseases, autoimmune neurologic diseases such as multiple sclerosis, as well as autoimmune hepatobiliary diseases, autoimmune renal diseases and autoimmune cutaneous diseases as the subject of discussion in Translational Autoimmunity: Autoimmune Diseases in Different Organs.

Advances in Immunology

1st Edition
Volume 153
April 23, 2022
Frederick W. Alt + 1 more
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Advances in Immunology, Volume 153, the latest release in a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments and comprehensive reviews in immunology, with this volume covering Regulatory T Cells in Infection and Factor H and Properdin and their regulation.

Stromal Signaling in Cancer

1st Edition
Volume 154
April 20, 2022
Peggi Angel + 1 more
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Stromal Signaling in Cancer, Volume 154 in the Advances in Cancer Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics surrounding cancer research. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.