Immunotoxicity testing
Subtitle: methods and protocols
By: edited by Rodney R. Dietert
Series: Methods in molecular biology -- 598; Springer protocols
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9781607614005
Subjects: Immunology; Methods; Drug Evaluation; Drug effects; Immune System; Animal Disease Models; Drug Toxicity; Immunotoxicology; Adverse effects; Immunotoxins
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Immunotoxicology testing: past and future / Michael I. Luster, G. Frank Gerberick; title: Developmental immunotoxicity (DIT): the why, when, and how of DIT testing / Rodney R. Dietert, Jamie DeWitt; title: An In vivo tiered approach to test immunosensitization by low molecular weight compounds / Irene S. Ludwig, Lydia M. Kwast, Daniëlle Fiechter, Raymond H. Pieters; title: Risk of autoimmune disease: challenges for immunotoxicity testing / Rodney R. Dietert, Janice M. Dietert, Jerrie Gavalchin; title: Markers of inflammation / Dori R. Germolec, Rachel P. Frawley, Ellen Evans; title: Evaluating macrophages in immunotoxicity testing / John B. Barnett, Kathleen M. Brundage; title: Host resistance assays including bacterial challenge models / Florence G. Burleson, Gary R. Burleson; title: Viral host resistance studies / Wendy Jo Freebern; title: Parasite challenge as host resistance models for immunotoxicity testing / Robert W. Luebke; title: ^; title: Tumor challenges in immunotoxicity testing / Sheung Ng, Kotaro Yoshida, Judith T. Zelikoff; title: The T-dependent antibody response to keyhole limpet hemocyanin in Rodents / Lisa M. Plitnick, Danuta J. Herzyk; title: The Sheep erythrocyte T-dependent antibody response (TDAR) / Kimber L. White, Deborah L. Musgrove, Ronnetta D. Brown; title: The Delayed type hypersensitivity assay using protein and xenogeneic cell antigens / Rodney R. Dietert, Terry L. Bunn, Ji-Eun Lee; title: The Cytotoxic T lymphocyte assay for evaluating cell-mediated immune function / Gary R. Burleson, Florence G. Burleson, Rodney R. Dietert; title: NK cell assays in immunotoxicity testing / Qing Li; title: The Local lymph node assay and skin sensitization testing / Ian Kimber, Rebecca J. Dearman; title: Use of contact hypersensitivity in immunotoxicity testing / Jacques Descotes; title: Evaluation of apoptosis in immunotoxicity testing / Mitzi Nagarkatti, Sadiye Amcaoglu Rieder, Dilip Vakharia, Prakash S. Nagarkatti; title: ^; title: ^^; title: Dendritic cells in immunotoxicity testing / Donghong Gao, David A. Lawrence; title: Evaluating cytokines in immunotoxicity testing / Emanuela Corsini, Robert V. House; title: Flow cytometry in preclinical drug development / Patrick B. Lappin; title: Enhanced histopathology evaluation of lymphoid organs / Susan A. Elmore; title: Immunotoxicity testing in nonhuman primates / Stephanie Grote-Wessels, Werner Frings, Clifford A. Smith, Gerhard F. Weinbauer; title: Fundamentals of clinical immunotoxicology / Robert V. House; title: In vivo functional tests for assessing immunotoxicity in birds / Keith A. Grasman; title: In vitro testing for direct immunotoxicity: state of the art / D. P. Lankveld, H. Loveren, K. A. Baken, R. J. Vandebriel; title: ^^