Avian immunology : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Avian Immunology, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13-15, 1986 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Conference on Avian Immunology
Other Authors: Weber, W. T., Ewert, D. L.
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: New York : A.R. Liss, [1987]
Series:Progress in clinical and biological research ; v. 238.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • B lymphocyte development
  • A re-evaluation of the function of the bursa of fabricius
  • A few germline genes encode the variable regions of chicken immunoglobulin light and γ-heavy chains
  • Bursa-thymus microenvironment
  • Characterization of chicken thymic and bursal stromal cells
  • Chicken B lymphocyte differentiation : ontogeny, bursal microenvironment and effect of IBD virus
  • Contribution of a specialized dendritic cell, the secretory cell, to the microenvironment of the bursa of fabricius
  • Effect of phorbol myristate acetate on in vitro growth of lymphocytes from the chicken thymus and bursa of fabricius
  • Monoclonal antibodies
  • Avian B cell diversity examined with monoclonal anti-VH antibodies
  • Production and flow cytometric analysis of monoclonal antibodies reactive with subpopulations of chicken lymphocytes
  • Characterization of two monoclonal antibodies against chicken T lymphocyte surface antigens
  • Detection of a macrophage population in the thyroids of obese strain chickens using monoclonal antibodies
  • Cellular immunity, T cell growth factor
  • Generation and functional characterization of Eimeria tenella immune chicken T-cell clones
  • Purification of avian T cell growth factor and immune interferon using gel filtration high resolution chromatography
  • Cultured avian lymphocytes with natural killer cell activity
  • PFC formation in immature avian hosts grafted with thymic cells from juvenile chicken donors
  • Major histocompatibility complex
  • Evidence for MHC gene control of lesion severity in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis of chickens
  • Cloning of a putative chicken MHC class II alpha chain gene
  • Immune mechanisms in rous sarcoma regression
  • Allograft and antibody responses of 151₅-B congenic chickens
  • Tumor immunity
  • Suppressor T cells in chickens bearing chemically induced tumors
  • Virus specific syngeric killing of reticuloendotheliosis virus transformed cell line target cells by spleen cells
  • Immunizatio of chickens against Marek's disease with cell-free supernatant from the JMV-1 lymphoblastoid cell line
  • In vivo immune mechanisms
  • Mechanism of T cell immunosuppression by infectious bursal disease virus of chickens
  • Immunological traits of chicks selected for early and late immune responses to E. coli and Newcastle disease virus
  • Induction of antibody and cellular immune responses in chickens against Eimeria tenella by anti-idiotype
  • Systemic and local antibody responses in chickens after infection and vaccination with infectious bronchitis virus
  • Dietary deficiencies and immune function
  • Effect of dietary selenium and vitamin E deficiencies in the chicken on con A induced spenocyte proliferation