This reference text covers many topics concerning renal disease, such as the ways antibodies induce glomerular injury and the controls governing immune responses, giving insights into avenues for modulating and manipulating these responses for therapeutic benefit. Other subjects covered include the membrane attack complex of complements and oxidants released by inflammatory cells, the cellular immune mechanisms in glomerular and tubulointerstitial renal injury, the roles of glomerular cells as both responders and potential instigators of change, the utilization of sophisticated physiologic measurements of glomerular haemodynamics and function and the evidence for and against an immune complex aetiology for IgA nephropathy. Therapeutic techniques for the more common forms of immunologic renal injury are also examined.

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The new edition of this authoritative text provides balanced coverage of basic concepts and clinical diagnostic techniques in immunology and serology. Additions to the second edition include a new chapter on Lyme disease and state-of-the-art coverage of AIDS/HIV, tumor immunology, and safety.

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Product Description: We live in a sea of seething microbial predators, an infinity of invisible and invasive microorganisms capable of setting set up shop inside us and sending us to an early grave. The only thing keeping them out? The immune system. William Clark's In Defense of Self offers a refreshingly accessible tour of the immune system, putting in layman's terms essential information that has been for too long the exclusive province of trained specialists...read more

The use of intravenous human antibodies in the treatment of primary immunodeficiencies is well recognized. However, it is now evident that they also have therapeutic potential for a wide range of other clinical disorders. This book describes the use of human antibodies in the management of secondary (virus-induced) immunodeficiencies, neonatal and perinatal infections, and autoimmunity. Insight into their mechanism of action is also provided.

Psychoneuroimmunology is the study of interactions between the brain and the immune system. This book provides a clearly written, extensively referenced summary of the behavioral, neural and endocrine regulation of immune responses and of the effects of immune system activity on neural and endocrine functions and behavior. It goes beyond previous editions, not only in the amount of basic research that is covered, but by the inclusion of several chapters that address the clinical implications of psychoneuroimmunology for a variety of disease processes. The underlying premise, evidenced by content of this book, is that the brain and immune system represent a single, integrated system of defense. Key Features* State-of-the-art reviews by established investigative teams* Integrative, definitive, and multidisciplinary reviews* Clinical and basic sciences coverage* New directions for clinical and basic research * Extensive references and indexing

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