Research Catalog

Title

Defense of mucosal surfaces : pathogenesis, immunity and vaccines / edited by J.-P. Kraehenbuhl, M.R. Neutra.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Kraehenbuhl, J.-P. (Jean-Pierre)
• Neutra, M. R. (Marian R.)

Description

viii, 296 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 236

Uniform Title

Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 236.

Subject

• Immunity, Mucosal
• Drug Design
• Vaccines
• Mucous membrane > Immunological aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Organization of mucosal lymphoid tissue / W.R. Hein - M cells in antigen sampling in mucosal tissues / M.R. Neutra - Dendritic cells and langerhans cells in the uptake of mucosal antigens G.G. MacPherson and L.M. Liu - Epithelial cells in antogen sampling and presentation in mucosal tissues / D. Kaiserlian - Oral tolerance and anti-pathological vaccines / C. Czerkinsky and J.-B. Sun and J. Holmgren - Antibody-mediated protection of mucosal surfaces / B. Corthesy and J.-P. Kraehenbuhl - Effector and regulatory lymphoid cells and cytokines in mucosal sites / T.T. MacDonald - Bacterial epithelial cell cross talk / B. Raupach ... [et al.] - Microbial-host interactions at mucosal sites / A. Phalipon and P.J. Sansonetti - Host responses to respiratory virus infection and immunization / J.E. Crowe, Jr. - Bacterial toxins as mucosal adjuvants / L.C. Freytag and J.D. Clements - Bacterial mucolsal vaccines : vibrio cholerae as a live attenuated vaccine/vector paradigm / K. Killeen, D. Spriggs, and J. Mekalanos - Recombinant viruses as vectors for mucosal immunity / C.D. Morrow ... [et al.] - Plant expression systems for the production of vaccines / J.K.-C. Ma and N.D. Vine.

ISBN

3540647309 (alk. paper)

OCLC

ocm40364473

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries