Therapeutic immunology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass., USA :
Blackwell Science,
[1996]
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Introduction
- The immune system 3
- Endothelial cells in immune inflammation
- Pt. 2. Drugs
- Antimetabolites and radiomimetics
- Cyclophosphamide
- The purine antagonists: azathioprine and mycophenolate mofetif
- Methotrexate
- Progress in therapeutic immunosuppression: cyclosporine, tacrolimus(FK506), and rapamycin
- Corticosteroids
- Glucocorticoid hormone action
- Immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory actions of corticosteroids
- Anti-inflammatory agents
- Cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors
- receptor site blockers
- 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors
- Phosphodiesterase inhibitors
- Sulfasalazine and 5-aminosalicylic acid.
- Histamine, antihistamines, and the immune response
- Drug theray for AIDS
- Drug therapy for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- Pt. 3. Biologic agents
- Cytokines
- Hematopoietic growth factors
- Cytokines that regulate immune inflammation: interleukin-4, -10, and -12
- The interferons: basic biology and therapeutic potential
- Interleukin-2 immunotherapy
- Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist
- Macromolecules
- Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy
- Immunoglobulin A.
- The use of recombinant, soluble forms of the membrane complement C3 receptors, CR1 and CR2, as inhibitors of serum complement activation and function
- Treatment of angioedema resulting from C1 inhibitor deficiency
- Antibody-based therapy
- Production and manipulation of antibodies and T-cell receptors using recombinant DNA technology
- Clinical applications of antileukocyte adhesion molecule monoclonal antibodies
- Antibody therapies of drug overdose
- Anti-idiotype-based therapies
- Immunotherapy of allergic disease
- Chimeric proteins
- Immunotoxins.
- Cytokine toxin fusion proteins
- Immunoligands: CTLA41g and the CD28 -t-cell costimulatory pathway
- Vaccines and peptide therapy
- Bacterial vaccines
- Oral administration of antigens
- Vaccine therapies for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- Pt. 4. Maneuvers
- Transplantation
- Therapeutic approach to organ transplantation
- Renal Transplantation
- Pancreas transplantation
- Cardiac transplantation: recipient selection and management
- Lung transplanation
- Bone marrow and hemopoietic stem cell transplanation
- Cell transplantation
- Liver transplantation
- Xenotransplantation.
- Cellular therapy
- Stem cell therapy
- Cytokine gene-transduced tumor vaccines
- Gene therapy
- Gene therapy for inherited immunodeficiencies
- Adjuvant therapy
- Adjuvants
- Extracorporeal therapy
- Extracorporeal photochemotherapy: Cellular therapy for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, selected autoimmune disorders, and organ transplant rejection
- Additional inverventions
- Tolerogenic peptides
- Plasmapheresis and immunoadsorption.