Advances in Immunology (Volume 60) - Tapa dura

"Advances in Immunology must find itself among the most active volumes in the libraries of our universities and institutions."
--SCIENCE
"Deserves a permanent place in biomedical libraries as an aid in research and in teaching."
--JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS
"A provocative and scholarly review of research."
--JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
"Provides an extremely valuable source of reference and many stimulating ideas... the main repository of information in a rapidly developing subject."
--THE LANCET
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--JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
"The series which all immunologists need."
--THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL
"A very valuable serial publication... no serious student of immunology can afford to be without it."
--ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

This volume highlights the latest reviews of mechanisms and actions of the immune system and the host response to infection and inflammation.

Key Features
* Covers cytokine functioning as influenced by the Janus protein tyrosine kinase family
* Explores immunodeficiencies, including:
* Immunoglobulin deficiencies and B cells development
* Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
* Investigates the links molecular pathology established between deficiencies in GPI-anchor synthesis and PNH
* Includes the use of Multiple Antigen Peptides (MAPs) to induce protective immune response
* Offers a timely update on Eosinophils' role in disease
* Covers histology of Germinal center reaction of a spleen twelve days after primary immunization
* Includes new research on cytotoxic T-lymphocytes
* Presents the multiple roles of Nitric oxide (NO) in the inflammatory response