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653192
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Handbook of mucosal immunology /\ edited by Pearay L. Ogra ... [et al.]
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| Publication Statement
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San Diego :: Academic Press, Inc.,, c1994
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xxi, 766 p. :: ill. ;; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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0125247303 (acid-free paper)
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: 0125247311 (v. 1)
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: 012524732X (v. 2 : hardcover)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Cellular basis of mucosal immunity -- Development and physiology of mucosal defense -- Structure and function of intestinal mucosal epithelium -- Cellular and molecular basis for antigen transport in the intestinal epithelium -- Mucosal barrier -- Innate humoral factors -- Bacterial adherence and mucosal immunity -- Mucosal immunoglobulins -- Phylogenetic aspects of mucosal immunoglobulins -- Developmental aspects of mucosal immunoglobulin genes -- Epithelial and hepatobiliary transport of polymeric immunoglobulins -- Function of mucosal immunoglobulins -- Cells, regulation and specificity in the mucosal immune system: inductive sites -- Characteristics and functions of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue -- Peyer's patches as inductive sites for IgA commitment -- Regulation of IgA B cell development -- Diversity and function of antigen-presenting cells in mucosal tissues -- Oral tolerance and regulation of immunity to dietary antigens
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(cont) Oral tolerance and regulation of immunity to dietary antigens -- Functional aspects of the peptidergic circuit in mucosal immunity -- Role of B-1 cells in mucosal immune responses -- Lymphocyte homing to mucosal effector sites -- Cells, regulation, specificity in the mucosal immune system: effector sites -- Normal state -- Cytokines in the mucosal immune system -- Distribution and characteristics of mucosal immunoglobulin-producing cells -- T helper cells for mucosal immune responses -- Human gastrointestinal mucosal T cells -- Basic aspects of intraepithelial lymphocyte immunobiology -- Mucosal immunity and inflammation -- IgE-mediated responses in the mucosal immune system -- Inflammation: mast cells -- Cytokines in the liver and gastrointestinal tract -- Cytotoxic lymphocytes in mucosal effector sites -- Mucosal immunity to viruses -- Mucosal immunization and vaccines -- Passive immunization -- Common mucosal immune system and strategies for the development of vaccines effective at the mucosal surfaces
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(cont) Antigen delivery systems -- Mucosal adjuvants -- Monoclonal secretory IgA for protection of the intestinal mucosa against viral and bacterial pathogens -- Mucosal diseases -- Stomach, intestine and liver -- Gut-associated lymphoid tissue -- Alpha chain disease and related lymphoproliferative disorders -- Gastritis and peptic ulcer -- Role of the mucosal immune system in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease -- Malabsorption syndromes and intestinal protein loss -- Food allergy -- Intestinal infections -- Liver and biliary tract -- Lungs and airways -- Bronchial mucosal lymphoid tissue -- Mucosal immune function in asthma -- Respiratory infections -- Inhalant allergy and hypersensitivity disorders -- Oral cavity, upper airway and head and neck -- Ocular mucosal immunity -- Mucosal immunology of the middle ear and eustachian tube -- Immunology of diseases of the oral cavity -- Immunobiology of the tonsils and adenoids -- Mammary glands -- Immunological components of milk
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(cont) Immunologic effects of breast-feeding on the infant -- Genitourinary tract -- IgA nephropathy and related diseases -- Mucosal immunity in the female and male reproductive tracts -- Immunologically mediated male and female reproductive failure -- Endocrine regulation of mucosal immunity -- Mucosal immunopathophysiology of HIV infection -- Genital tract infection
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Mucous membrane
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Immunity
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Mucous Membrane-- immunology
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| Dewey Classification
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616.07/9
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| LC Classification
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QR185.9.M83M84 1994
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| NLM classification
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QS 532.5.M8 M942i 1994
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| Added Entry
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Ogra, Pearay L
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