Ciba Foundation Symposium on Cellular Aspects of Immunity / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019745503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., [1960]
• ISBN: 9786613618788; 9781280588952; 1280588950; 9780470719169; 0470719168; 9780470716663; 0470716665
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (509 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposia
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); O'ConnorMaeve
• Disciplina: 612.1182
• Soggetti: Cellular immunity
• 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: CELLULAR ASPECTS OF IMMUNITY; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Short Communication Nomenclature of immunologically competent cells; An in vitro study of some mechanisms of antigen uptake by cells; Discussion; Degradation of a protein antigen by intracellular enzymes; Discussion; Microcinematographic contributions to the study of plasma cells; Ultrastructure of immunologically competent cells; Discussion; Identification of immunologically competent cells; Discussion; Theories of immunological tolerance; Discussion; Panel discussion on the clonal selection theory of antibody formation; Lymph node cell transfer in relation to antibody formationFormation of antibodies in vitro; Discussion; A study of serum proteins related to immunity and their cellular origins; Discussion; The cellular basis for the immunological memory; Discussion; Some biological and immunological properties of transfer factor; Discussion; A comparative ; histopathological study of delayed hypersensitive reactions; Discussion; Interactions between sessile and humoral antibodies in homograft reactions; Discussion; Response to active immunization of human infants during the neonatal period; Discussion; Modifications of capillary permeability in immunological reactions mediated through cellsDiscussion; The patterns and mechanism of fixation of anaphylactic antibody on living tissues in vitro; Discussion; Multiple "autoantibodies" to cell constituents in systemic lupus erythematosus; Discussion; The in vitro action of antigen-antibody complexes on thrombocytes and erythrocytes; Discussion; Group discussion; Chairman's closing remarks
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