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

• Pubblicazione: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1966
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (554 p.)
• Disciplina: 591.2
• Soggetto topico: Thymus; Endocrinology
• Altri autori: WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward) PorterRuth
• 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
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• Altri titoli varianti: Symposium on the thymus
• Titolo autorizzato: Ciba Foundation symposium the thymus
• ISBN: 9786613619310; 9781280589485; 1280589485; 9780470719466; 047071946X; 9780470717004; 0470717009
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911019658403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Novartis Foundation Symposia