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Books in Immunology

Elsevier's Immunology collection equips researchers with valuable insights to address the complexities of the immune system and its role in health and disease, offering original research, insightful analysis, and current theory on diagnosing, managing, and advancing treatments for allergies, asthma, and immunologic disorders.

  • Structural Biology in Immunology

    Structure/Function of Novel Molecules of Immunologic Importance
    • 1st Edition
    • Chaim Putterman + 2 more
    • English
    Structural Biology in Immunology, Structure/Function of Novel Molecules of Immunologic Importance delivers important information on the structure and functional relationships in novel molecules of immunologic interest. Due to an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the immune system, the approach to the treatment of many immune-mediated diseases, including multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease has been dramatically altered. Furthermore, there is an increasing awareness of the critical role of the immune system in cancer biology. The improved central structure function relationships presented in this book will further enhance our ability to understand what defects in normal individuals can lead to disease.
  • Advances in Immunology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 138
    • English
    Advances in Immunology, Volume 138, the latest in a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments and comprehensive reviews in immunology. Articles address the wide range of topics that comprise immunology, with this release including chapters on Eosinophil Development, Disease Involvement, and Therapeutic Suppression, Immunoglobulin A responses to the microbiota, Unexpected roles for intracellular complement in the regulation of TH1 responses, Magnesium in T cell signaling, and immunological synapse and T cell signaling.
  • The Epigenetics of Autoimmunity

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5
    • Rongxin Zhang
    • English
    The Epigenetics of Autoimmunity covers a topic directly related to translational epigenetics. Via epigenetic mechanisms, a number of internal and external environmental risk factors, including smoking, nutrition, viral infection and the exposure to chemicals, could exert their influence on the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Such factors could impact the epigenetic mechanisms, which, in turn, build relationship with the regulation of gene expression, and eventually triggering immunologic events that result in instability of immune system. Since epigenetic aberrations are known to play a key role in a long list of human diseases, the translational significance of autoimmunity epigenetics is very high. To bridge the gap between environmental and genetic factors, over the past few years, great progress has been made in identifying detailed epigenetic mechanisms for autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, with rapid advances in technological development, high-throughput screening approaches and other novel technologies support the systematic investigations and facilitate the epigenetic identification. This book covers autoimmunity epigenetics from a disease-oriented perspective and several chapters are presented that provide advances in wide-spread disorders or diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS), type 1 diabetes (T1DM), systemic sclerosis (SSc), primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs). These emerging epigenetic studies provide new insights into autoimmune diseases, raising great expectations among researchers and clinicians. This seminal book on this topic comprehensively covers the most recent advances in this exciting and rapidly developing new science. They might reveal not only new clinical biomarkers for diagnosis and disease progression, but also novel targets for potential epigenetic therapeutic treatment.
  • Immunology in the Twentieth Century

    From Basic Science to Clinical Application
    • 1st Edition
    • Domenico Ribatti
    • English
    Immunology in the Twentieth Century: From Basic Science to Clinical Application grew out of common knowledge that those who survived many of the common infectious diseases rarely contracted the same disease again. This book charts the historical development of this vital branch of medicine in a concise volume, covering both the basic science involved and the clinical applications. Immunology as a distinctive subject developed in the mid-twentieth century as researchers started to understand how the adaptive immune system aids the defense against pathogens. The subject has grown in importance and diversified into specialist fields, such as immunohistochemistry... immunogenetics and immunopathology.
  • Surgery in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15
    • Fabiola Atzeni + 4 more
    • English
    Surgery in Systemic Autoimmune Disease, Volume 15, describes the state-of-the-art of the use of surgery in treating the most common systemic autoimmune diseases (SADS). The volume consists of an introductory chapter concerning the impact of surgery on SADs, follow by eight chapters describing the use of surgery in the treatment of specific diseases in various areas (cardiology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, neurology. etc.) and the possible difficulties and complications. The final five chapters deal with the possible complications arising during the course of biological and non-biological treatment, also providing recommendation concerning their management. International in scope, the list of more than 20 contributors from Europa and America reads like a who’s who of clinical researchers in the field.
  • Advances in Immunology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 137
    • English
    Advances in Immunology, Volume 137, the latest in a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments and comprehensive reviews in immunology. Articles address the wide range of topics that comprise immunology, with this release including sections on Notch and T-Cell signaling/T-Cell memory, Single Cell Analysis of CD8+ and CD4+ T Cell Differentiation, New Developments in the Chemokine Field, the Role of Caveolin-1 in BCR and TCR Receptors, The Unusual Biochemistry of Bovine Immunoglobulins, and the Molecular Aspects of Allergens and Allergy.
  • Advances in Cancer Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 137
    • English
    Advances in Cancer Research, Volume 137, the latest release in this ongoing, well-regarded serial provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. This volume presents original reviews on research bridging oncology and gene expression, with this volume covering unconventional approaches to modulating the immunogenicity of tumor cells, tumor dormancy and immunoediting, the emerging role of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins in chemoresistance, Beclin-1 and autophagy, MDA-7/IL-24, and nanotechnology and medicine.
  • Inmunología básica para medicina

    • 1st Edition
    • Isabel Olazabal Olarreaga + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Manual conciso que destaca la información más útil para el médico y expone los temas de actualidad para estudiantes y profesionales en los fundamentos de la Inmunología. El contenido más importante de la obra es: 24 temas de inmunología básica con información clínica complementaria; 4 anexos sobre patógenos, trasplantes, oncología y vacunas; cuadros con aspectos de interés generales y médicos, así como resúmenes al final de cada capítulo; guías de seminarios para ayudar a integrar conocimientos; material de carácter molecular esencial; profusamente ilustrado, para ayudar a fijar conceptos inmunológicos. Dirigida a estudiantes de Medicina, médicos de cualquier especialidad y estudiantes de otros grados de ciencias de la salud que necesiten ponerse al día en esta materia de una manera breve, clara y desarrollada de forma que se facilita el autoaprendizaje.
  • Fundamentals of Biologicals Regulation

    Vaccines and Biotechnology Medicines
    • 1st Edition
    • Rebecca Sheets
    • English
    Fundamentals of Biologicals Regulation: Vaccines and Biotechnology Medicines serves as an introduction to the international regulatory arena in which biologicals are developed and offers an overview of the processes and insight into the scientific concepts underpinning global regulations. This book will provide multiple levels of readership with guidance on basic concepts, a detailed look at regulatory challenges, and practical insight into how regulators consider regulatory science and regulatory process issues across various regions. With numerous case studies, learning activities, and real-world examples across several classes of biotechnological products, this book is a valuable and comprehensive resource for graduate students, professors, regulatory officials, and industry scientists working with biologicals.
  • Immunology

    Volume 1: Immunotoxicology, Immunopathology, and Immunotherapy
    • 1st Edition
    • M. A. Hayat
    • English
    Immunology, Volume 1: Immunotoxicology, Immunopathology, and Immunotherapy discusses the investment of time, effort and finance that go into making progress in preventing and/or curing serious diseases by using standard treatments (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, and hormone therapy). The use of these treatments is accompanied by unavoidable, devastating side effects. At the cost of being repetitious, it has to be emphasized that an improved understanding of the immune system, avoidance of unhealthy habits (e.g., smoking, intake of alcohol, perpetual stress, and lack of exercise) and early detection (using biomarkers) are the only three friends we have to at least delay the onset of serious diseases.