Immunotoxicology and immunopharmacology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dean, Jack H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Raven Press, [1994]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Target organ toxicology series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to immunosuppression
  • Consequences of immunodeficiency
  • Animal models for assessment
  • Targeted epidemiology and clinical assessment studies of the immune system in humans
  • Experimental studies on immunosuppression: approaches and application in risk assessment
  • Fish immunotoxicology
  • Immunosuppression and environmental agents
  • Immunotoxicity of TCDD and related halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons
  • Mechanisms of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon immunotoxicity
  • Mechanisms and consequences of immunomodulation by lead.
  • Mycotoxin-induced immune modulation
  • Organic solvents
  • Pesticides
  • Immunotoxicology of arsenic
  • Immunopharmacology of recombinant cytokines
  • Immunotoxicologic manifestations of AIDS therapeutics
  • Transplantation agents
  • Cytoreductive drugs
  • Drugs of abuse and the immune system
  • Immunotoxic effects of ethanol
  • Mechanisms of immune modulation by cannabinoids
  • Immunotoxicity and the lung
  • Asbestos and other fibers in the lung
  • Beryllium lung disease: the role of cell-mediated immunity in pathogenesis.
  • Effects of gaseous air pollutants on immune responses and susceptibility to infectious and allergic disease
  • Effects of tobacco smoke on the immune system
  • Immunotoxicity and the skin
  • Ultraviolet B radiation and skin immunology
  • Immunotoxicology and immunopharmacology of the skin immune system
  • Selective immunotoxicity
  • Chemical-induced apoptosis in the immune system
  • Immune-mediated hepatotoxicity
  • Immune-mediated downregulation of cytochrome P450 and related drug biotransformation
  • Autoimmunity
  • Immunopathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.
  • Chemical-induced autoimmunity
  • Mercury and autoimmunity
  • Autoallergic responses to drugs: mechanistic aspects
  • Drug-induced autoimmunity
  • Clinical aspects of hypersensitivity
  • Clinical aspects of allergic contact dermatitis
  • Clinical aspects of respiratory hypersensitivity to chemicals
  • Immune-mediated side effects of antirheumatic drug therapy
  • Allergy to laboratory animals
  • Immune responses to contact and respiratory allergens
  • Assessment of hypersensitivity
  • Predictive models for assessment of contact photoallergy.
  • Guinea pig predictive tests for contact hypersensitivity
  • Guinea pig predictive tests for respiratory allergy
  • Assessment of contact and respiratory sensitivity in mice.