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Neonatal immunity
- Title
- Neonatal immunity / by Constantin Bona ; foreword by Noel R. Rose.
- Publication
- Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2005], ©2005.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Bona, Constantin A.
- Description
- xi, 389 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Authoritative and forward-looking, Neonatal Immunity critically reviews what we know of the neonatal immune response today, and how this is dramatically opening new therapeutic horizons in such areas as infant vaccination, stem cells, gene therapy, and transplantation."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Contemporary immunology
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary immunology.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-372) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Structure and function of the immune system in vertebrates -- 2. Ontogeney and the development of cells mediating innate and adaptive immunity -- 3. Phenotypic characteristics of neonatal B cells -- 4. Molecular characteristics of neonatal B-cell repertoire -- 5. Genetically programmed temporal ordered activation of neonatal B-cell clones -- 6. Antibody response in fetuses and newborns -- 7. Effect of maternal antibodies on neonatal B-cell response -- 8. Neonatal autoimmune diseases caused by maternal pathogenic autoantibodies -- 9. Phenotypic characteristics of neonatal T cells -- 10. Expression of MHC molecules in neonates -- 11. Neonatal cytokine network -- 12. Cell-mediated immune responses in neonates -- 13. Fetal and neonatal tolerance -- 14. Development of efficient prophylactic vaccines and theracines for newborns and infants.
- ISBN
- 158829319X (alk. paper)
- 1592598250 (E-ISBN)
- LCCN
- 2004007841
- OCLC
- ocm54913976
- SCSB-5171605
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries