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    • Advances in Immunology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 159
      • November 21, 2023
      • Frederick W. Alt + 1 more
      • English
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      Advances in Immunology, Volume 159, the latest release in a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments and comprehensive reviews in immunology with chapters covering topics such as the cGAS-STING pathway.

    • Ionizing Radiation and the Immune Response - Part B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 378
      • July 10, 2023
      • English
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      Ionizing Radiation and the Immune Response, Part B, Volume 378 reviews the latest knowledge on the immune response induced by ionizing radiations. Specific chapters in this new release include NK functions in radio-induced immune response, TRT and immune response, Radio-induced immune response and lipid metabolism, Effect of protons and heavy ions on immune response, Effect of flash therapy and mini beam on immune response, Radio-induced lymphopenia, CT to potentiate radio-induced immune response, Impact of RT on healthy tissues (inflammation), Radio-induced macrophagic response, To use nanoparticles and ionizing radiations to modulate immune response: opinion of the chemist, biologist and clinician, and much more. Other sections cover the Role of Dendritic cells in radiation-induced immune response, the Relationship between the tumor microenvironment and the efficacy of the radiotherapy/immunot... combination, and Biomarkers of radiation induced response to optimize radio-immunotherapy combination.

    • Advances in Agronomy

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 177
      • January 10, 2023
      • Donald L. Sparks
      • English
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      Advances in Agronomy, Volume 117, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in this new release include Farming Systems Research: Concepts, Design and Methodology, Soil Potassium Fertility and Management Strategies in South Asian Agriculture, Sensing for Characterizing and Monitoring Soil Functions – A Review, Isolation and Fractionation of Organic Matter from Soils and Waters, Tolerance Mechanism and Management Concepts of Iron Toxicity in Rice: A Critical Review, and Smart Sensing and Automated Irrigation for Sustainable Rice Systems: A State of the Art Review.

    • Phage Therapy - Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 200
      • September 18, 2023
      • English
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      Phage Therapy - Part A, Volume 200 is an informative text on phage and their use for treatment in bacterial infections. The book highlights a number of aspects of the phage in a way that can help students, researchers, clinicians, entrepreneurs and stakeholders perform their research with great interest. Chapters in this new release cover An introduction to bacteriophage and their therapeutic applications, Isolation, screening and characterization of phage, Synthetic phage and their application in phage therapy, Phage engineering for development of diagnostic tools, Phage design and directed evolution to evolve phage for therapy, and more. Additional sections cover Host-phage interactions and modelling for therapy, Phage and phage cocktails formulations, Phage for treatment of Escherichia coli infection, Phage for treatment of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection, Phage for treatment of Salmonella spp infection, Phage for treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection, and Phages for treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii infection.

    • Senescence, Senotherapeutics and Mitochondria

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 136
      • July 10, 2023
      • English
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      Senescence, Senotherapeutics and Mitochondria, Volume 136 offers updates on this unique topics, with chapters covering Cellular Senescence in Aging: Molecular Basis, Implications and Therapeutic Interventions, Mitochondria-associa... Cellular Senescence Mechanisms: Biochemical and Pharmacological Perspectives, Mitochondria in cell senescence: Friend or Foe?, The role of mitochondria and mitophagy in cell senescence, Small molecules targeting mitochondrial dysfunction for potential senotheraputics, Senolytic and senomorphic interventions to defy senescence-associate... mitochondrial dysfunction, Mitochondrial targeting peptides and probes, Mitochondria-derived peptides in healthy ageing and therapy of age-related diseases, and much more. Other sections cover Targeting of mitostasis-proteosta... axis by antioxidant polysaccharides in neurodegeneration, Phytotherapeutic targeting of the mitochondria in neurodegenerative disorders, Melatonin as mitochondria-targete... drugs, Coenzyme Q-related compounds to maintain healthy mitochondria during aging, Changing ROS, NAD and AMP: a path to longevity via mitochondrial therapeutics, and more.

    • G Protein-Coupled Receptors - Part B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 195
      • January 25, 2023
      • English
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      G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Part B, Volume 195 represents the largest class of cell H103 surface proteins that have intricate involvement in nearly every physiological process in our body. Approximately one third of the clinically prescribed medicines target GPCRs and the quest to improve the exiting GPCR-targeting therapeutics continues. Sections in this volume include Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors: Structure and functions, Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying brain region-specific cannabinoid receptor modulation by estradiol across the rodent estrus cycle, Probing the orphan receptors: Tools and directions, Asymmetric activation of Class C GPCRs, Common and selective signal transduction mechanisms of GPCRs, and much more.

    • Viral Vectors in Cancer Immunotherapy

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 379
      • August 2, 2023
      • English
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      Viral Vectors in Cancer Immunotherapy, Volume 379 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology presents the latest on cancer immunotherapy and how it has transformed cancer treatment through advances in immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive cell therapy. Chapters in this new release include Past, present and future of viral vectors in cancer immunotherapy, Alphaviruses in cancer immunotherapy, Adenoviral-based cancer gene therapy, Armored modified vaccinia Ankara in cancer immunotherapy, Strategies of Semliki Forest virus in immuno-oncology, Maraba virus in cancer immunotherapy, Oncolytic viruses in hematological malignancies, Oncolytic virus for cancer therapies: Overview and future directions, and more. The use of genetically modified viruses allows the expression of pro-inflammatory molecules, while the immune system receives danger signals from the viruses themselves. In some cases, the virus can also induce tumor cell death. This book will review advances in virus-based cancer immunotherapy in both solid tumors and hematologic malignancies.

    • Circulating Tumor Cells, From Biotech Innovation to Clinical Utility Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 381
      • September 19, 2023
      • English
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      "Circulating Tumor Cells, from biotech innovation to clinical utility" provides an overview of the most recent technological and clinical advances with regards to the study of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in solid tumors. The volumes cover studies on CTCs in breast, prostate, colorectal and lung cancer, with a focus on clinical utility, and also include methodological and biological topics such as CTC culture, multi-omic characterization of CTCs, atypical CTC populations and interaction between CTCs and immunity.

    • Antioxidants

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 121
      • January 25, 2023
      • Gerald Litwack
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Antioxidants, Volume 121 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

    • Hormone Receptors: Structures and Functions

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 123
      • September 11, 2023
      • English
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      Hormone Receptors: Structures and Functions, Volume 123 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

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