Immunogenetics [[electronic resource] ] : tolerance and autoimmunity / / Sylvie Lesage

• Autore: Lesage Sylvie <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (88 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.07/9
• Soggetto topico: Immunogenetics; Immunological tolerance; Autoimmunity
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviation List -- Determining Genetic Susceptibility -- University of Montreal, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- -- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Cellular Immunogenetics Unit, Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- Introduction -- Determining Genetic Susceptibility -- Conclusion -- References -- T Cells -- Introduction -- Overview of T Cell Differentiation and Function -- Central Tolerance -- Peripheral Tolerance -- Conclusion -- References -- B Cells -- University of Montreal, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Cellular Immunogenetics Unit, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- Introduction -- B Cell Tolerance -- Autoreactive B Cell Activation -- A Preventive Role for B Cells -- Autoreactive B Cells in Disease -- B Cells and Genetics -- Conclusion -- References -- Dendritic Cell Subsets -- University of Montreal, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Cellular Immunogenetics Unit, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- Introduction -- T Cell Tolerance as Mediated by Dendritic Cells -- Specific Role of Dendritic Cell Subsets in Immune Tolerance -- Conclusion -- References -- Macrophages -- 1 University of Montreal, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Cellular Immunogenetics Unit, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- 2 University of Montreal, Department of Medecine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- CRCHUM et Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Pav JA DeSève, Y-4622, Montréal, Québec, Canada. -- Introduction -- Macrophages in Tolerance -- Macrophages and T Cell Tolerance -- Macrophages in Autoimmunity. ; Macrophages and Genetics -- Conclusion -- References -- Natural Killer Cells -- 1 Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Cellular Immunogenetics Unit, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- 2 University of Montreal, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Cellular Immunogenetics Unit, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- Introduction -- Differentiation of NK Cells -- The Biological Function of NK Cells -- NK Cells and Target Cell Recognition -- NK Cells in Autoimmunity -- NK Cells and Genetics -- Conclusion -- References -- Closing Remarks -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Immunogenetics
• ISBN: 1-61761-355-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823402603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cell biology research progress.; Genetics--research issues.