Therapeutic immunology
By: by K. Frank Austen ... [et al.].
Contributors: Austen, K. Frank
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Science
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 655
Subjects: Immunotherapy.; Immunotherapy.; Immune System -- drug effects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Adaptive immunity; title: Ch. 2. Innate immunity and instruction of the adaptive immune response; title: Ch. 3. Cyclophosphamide; title: Ch. 4. The purine antagonists: Azathioprine and Mycophenolate Mofetil; title: Ch. 5. Methotrexate; title: Ch. 6. Immunosupression and immunophilin binding agents: current research and clinical applications; title: Ch. 7. Glucocorticoid action; title: Ch. 8. Cyclooxygenase inhibitors; title: Ch. 9. Antileukotrienes (leukotriene modifiers) in the treatment of asthma; title: Ch. 10. Phosphodiesterase inhibitors; title: Ch. 11. Tryptase inhibitors; title: Ch. 12. 5-Aminosalicylic acid (mesalamine) and sulfasalazine; title: Ch. 13. Antihistamines (H₁-receptor antagonists); title: Ch. 14. Hematopoietic growth factors; title: Ch. 15. Cytokines regulating immune inflammation: Interleukin-4, Interleukin-10, and Interleukin-12; title: Ch. 16. The interferons: basic biology and therapeutic potential; title: Ch. 17. Interleukin-2 immunostimulation; title: Ch. 18. A soluble TNF receptor-Fc fusion protein (etanercept) in the treatment inflammatory diseases; title: Ch. 19. Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy; title: Ch. 20. Therapeutic inhibition of complement activation with emphasis on drugs in clinical trials; title: Ch. 21. Treatment of angioedema resulting from C1-inhibitor deficiency; title: Ch. 22. Inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor; title: Ch. 23. Targeting the IL-2 receptor with antibodies or chimeric toxins; title: Ch. 24. Monoclonal antibodies to CD3; title: Ch. 25. Anti-IgE: immunotherapy for allergic diseases; title: Ch. 26. Specific and nonspecific immunotherapy for asthma and allergic diseases; title: Ch. 27. Treatment of allergy to insect stings; title: Ch. 28. The CD28 T-Cell costimulatory pathway: pharmacologic inhibition and augmentation; title: Ch. 29. Bacterial vaccines; title: Ch. 30. Viral vaccines; title: Ch. 31. DNA vaccines; title: Ch. 32. Blockade of the CD40L/CD40 pathway; title: Ch. 33. Renal transplantation; title: Ch. 34. Pancreas transplantation; title: Ch. 35. Cardiac transplantation; title: Ch. 36. Lung transplantation; title: Ch 37. Hemopoietic stem cell transplantation; title: Ch. 38. Cell transplantation; title: Ch. 39. Liver transplantation; title: Ch. 40. Xenotransplantation; title: Ch. 41. Cellular therapy; title: Ch. 42. Genetically engineered cancer vaccines; title: Ch. 43. Gene therapy for inherited immunodeficiencies; title: Ch. 44. Plasmapheresis and immunoadsorption; title: Ch. 45. Drug therapy for HIV infection.