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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819036803321

Titolo

Microenvironments in haemopoietic and lymphoid differentiation / / [Ruth Porter and Julie Whelan, editors]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman

Summit, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co., 1981

ISBN

9786613694348

9780470720660

0470720662

9781280783951

1280783958

9780470718353

0470718358

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 84 (new ser.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PorterRuth

WhelanJulie

Disciplina

596/.01/13

Soggetti

Blood cells

Cell differentiation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Microenvironments in haemopoietic and lymphoid differentiation; Contents; Introduction: signals, receptors and repertoire in haemopoietic differentiation; Haemopoiesis in mammalian bone marrow; Discussion; Self-renewing haemopoietic progenitor cells and the factors controlling proliferation and differentiation; Discussion; Haemopoietic microenvironments in vitro: ultrastructural aspects; Discussion; Regulation and localization of lymphocyte production in the bone marrow; Discussion; Environmental factors in haemopoietic failure in humans; Discussion

Mapping cell surface antigen expression on haemopoietic progenitor cells using monoclonal antibodiesDiscussion; Lymphoid differentiation in vitro; Discussion; Microanatomy of the thymus: its relationship to T cell differentiation; Discussion; Expression and function of major



histocompatibility complex antigens in the developing thymus: studies on normal and nude mice; Discussion; The human thymic microenvironment; Discussion; Cellular and molecular signals in T cell differentiation; Discussion; General discussion: tolerance and diversification of the T cell repertoire

Histophysiology of follicular structures and germinal centres in relation to B cell differentiationDiscussion; The role of germinal centres in the generation of immunological memory; Discussion; Antigen-presenting cells, including Langerhans cells, veiled cells and interdigitating cells; Discussion; Differentiation of function among antigen-presenting cells; Discussion; Final general discussion T cell subsets and T cell function; Decision-making in development; Chairman's summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.