Ciba Foundation Symposium : complement / / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight

• Pubblicazione: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1965
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.07/9
• Soggetto topico: Complement (Immunology)
• Altri autori: WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward) KnightJulie
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: COMPLEMENT; Preface; Editors' note; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Mechanism of haemolysis by complement; Discussion; Nomenclature and fixation of C'3 components; Identity of complement components from different species; Enzymic nature of C'2; Binding of C'2 to EAC'1,4 cells; Definition of complement; Small molecular weight inhibitors of complement action; Discussion; Mechanisms of activation of C'1 and inhibition of C'1 esterase; Discussion; Problems in determining the sites of synthesis of complement components; Discussion; Mechanism of the damage-producing steps of immune haemolysis ; DiscussionEffects of complement on sensitized nucleated cells; Discussion; Immune bactericidal and bacteriolytic reactions; Discussion; Electron microscope studies of immune cell lysis; Discussion; Complement and the activity of phagocytes; Discussion; lmmune adherence; Discussion; Complement, conglutinin and immuno-conglutinins; Discussion; Differentiation in vitro of antigen-induced histamine release from complement-dependent immune injury; Discussion; The possible rôle of complement in autoaggressive processes; Discussion; The rôle of complement in haemolytic processes in vivo; Discussion ; Complement and the paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria red cellDiscussion; General Discussion; Standard preparations of complement components; Characteristics of human red cells; Complement in disease processes; Effects of complement deficiency; Rôle of complement in delayed hypersensitivity reactions; Chairrnan's closing remarks; Author index; 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ciba Foundation Symposium
• ISBN: 9786613679376; 9781280768606; 1280768606; 9780470719381; 0470719389; 9780470716922; 0470716924
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911019645603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium.