description: Presents papers and poster abstracts from the spring 1995 title conference held in New York City, detailing mechanisms of oral tolerance and immune regulation. Sections on anatomy and physiology; mechanisms of oral tolerance; modulation of oral tolerance; and human and animal models of oral tolerance discuss subjects such as anatomy and physiology of the gut; the use of oral tolerance in animal models of autoimmunity and in treatment of human diseases; and applications of oral tolerance research in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and uveitis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Oral Tolerance: Mechanisms and Applications
titlecomplete: Oral Tolerance: Mechanisms and Applications (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 778)
publisher: New York Academy of Sciences