Ciba Foundation symposium [on] the thymus [[electronic resource] ] : experimental and clinical studies ; in honour of Sir Macfarlane Burnet. Ed. by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Ruth Porter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144676903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1966
• ISBN: 1-280-58948-5; 9786613619310; 0-470-71946-X; 0-470-71700-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (554 p.)
• Collana: Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.971
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); PorterRuth
• Disciplina: 591.2
• Soggetti: Thymus; Endocrinology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Symposium held in Melbourne, 25th-27th Aug., 1965.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE THYMUS: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Cytological evidences of secretion in the thymus; Discussion; Embryogenesis of immune systems; Discussion; The origin and function of lymphocytes; Discussion; Differentiation and immunological competence of cloned cell populations of lymphoid origin; Discussion; The thymus in relation to immunological tolerance; Discussion; Traffic of lymphoid cells in the body*; The thymus in relation to the development of immunological capacity; Discussion; The development of the central and peripheral lymphoid tissue: ontogenetic and phylogenetic considerationsDiscussion; The function of the thymus in tumour production by polyoma virus**; The nature and regulation of lymphopoiesis in the normal and neoplastic thymus; General Discussion; Parallel observations on the role of the thymus in leukaemogenesis, immunocompetence and lymphopoiesis; Interaction of occult leukaemogenic viruses with ionizing radiation and other external leukaemogenic agents in the induction; Discussion; Mast cells ; i n the mouse thymus; Discussion; Lymphocytes and antibodies i n relation t o malignant disease*The influence of neonatal thymectomy and thymus grafting on spontaneous auto-immune disease i n mice; Thymic changes in NZB mice and hybrids; Discussion; lmmunocytes and immunoproliferative disorders; The thymus and human diseases with autoimmune concomitants with special reference to myasthenia gravis; Discussion; Histopathology of the human thymus; Discussion; The significance of auto-immune disease*; Group Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks