Measuring immunity : basic biology and clinical assessment /: basic biology and clinical assessment. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael T. Lotze and Angus W. Thomson.
• Other Names: Lotze, Michael T; Thomson, Angus W
• Contents: MHC class I -- MHC class II -- Cytokine receptor heterogeneity -- Genetic diversity at human cytokine loci in health and disease -- Signaling molecules affecting immune response -- Toll-like receptors in innate immunity -- DNA sequence-specific transcription factors -- Genetic diversity in NK and NKT cells -- Handling sera and obtaining fluid from different compartments -- Acute-phase proteins and inflammation -- Complement in health and disease -- Immunoglobulin titers and immunoglobulin subtypes -- Human antiglobulin responses -- Rheumatoid factors -- Autoantibodies -- Antibody affinity using fluorescence -- SLE-associated tests -- Multiplexed serum assays -- Handling and storage of cells and sera: practical considerations -- Phenotypic and functional measurements on circulating immune cells and their subsets -- Natural killer cells -- Tetramer analysis -- Peripheral blood naive and memory B cells -- Dendritic cells -- Monocytes and macrophages -- Tumor cells -- Regulatory T cells -- Intracellular cytokine assays -- Cytolytic assays. Mixed leukocyte reactions -- Antigen/mitogen-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation -- Monitoring cell death -- Cytokine enzyme linked immunosorbent spot (ELISPOT) assay -- Testing natural killer cells -- Delayed type hypersensitivity responses -- Rebuck windows: granulocyte function -- The vascular and coagulation systems -- Sentinel node assays -- Imaging inflammation -- Cancer -- solid tumors -- Cancer -- hematologic disorders -- Autoimmunity -- rheumatoid arthritis -- Autoimmunity -- type 1 diabetes -- Autoimmunity -- systemic lupus erythematosus -- Autoimmunity -- multiple sclerosis -- Autoimmunity -- inflammatory bowel disease -- Autoimmunity -- endocrine -- Autoimmunity -- vasculitis -- Transplantation -- Viral responses -- HIV-1 -- Viral responses -- epstein-barr virus -- Viral responses -- hepatitis -- Dermatology -- Arteriosclerosis -- Primary immunodeficiencies -- Asthma and allergy -- Serum proteomic profiling and analysis -- Imaging cytometry -- Cancer biometrics -- Genomics and microarrays -- Image informatics.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (736 pages)
• Subjects: 616.079; Immunity; Immunity; Immunologic Techniques; Immunity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080479330; 0080479332
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