Immunobiology of the complement system : an introduction for research and clinical medicine /
Immunobiology of the Complement System: An Introduction for Research and Clinical Medicine provides an introduction to the complement system. The intention was to create a primer that would provide the basic knowledge of complement required for either research or clinical medicine in diseases involv...
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Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | Orlando : |
Publication Dates: | [1986] |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780125976404 |
Summary: |
Immunobiology of the Complement System: An Introduction for Research and Clinical Medicine provides an introduction to the complement system. The intention was to create a primer that would provide the basic knowledge of complement required for either research or clinical medicine in diseases involving the complement system. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781483276397 1483276392 |
Index Number: | QR185 |
CLC: | R371 |
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Front Cover; Immunobiology of the Complement System: An Introduction for Research and Clinical Medicine; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction and History of Complement Research; I. THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; II. HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON COMPLEMENT; III. ROLE OF COMPLEMENT IN INFECTIONS ANDAUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; REFERENCES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST; Chapter 1. The Classical Pathway; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ACTIVATION CASCADE; III. REGULATORY FACTORS; IV. SUMMARY OF AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. The Alternative Pathway; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE PROTEINS. III. THE ACTIVATION PROCESSIV. REGULATION OF ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYACTIVATION BY MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; V. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVEPATHWAY ACTIVATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Complement Mediatorsof Inflammation; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PRODUCTION OF THE ANAPHYLATOXINS; III. CONTROL MECHANISMS; IV. PHYSIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THEHUMAN ANAPHYLATOXINS; V. BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE ANAPHYLATOXI NS; VI. THE C5a RECEPTOR; VII. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Opsonization and MembraneComplement Receptors; I. INTRODUCTION; II. OPSONIZATION; III. MEMBRANE COMPLEMENT RECEPTORS. IV. METHODS FOR DIRECTION OF OPSONIC COMPLEMENT FRAGMENTS AND COMPLEMENTRECEPTORSREFERENCES; Chapter 5. Assembly and Functions of theTerminal Components; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ASSEMBLY OF THE MAC; III. FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS OF THE MACON TARGET MEMBRANES; IV. ESCAPE MECHANISMS FROM MAC ATTACK; V. PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THEMEMBRANE ATTACK SEQUENCE; VI. PROTECTION OF HOST CELLS FROM ATTACKBY MAC; VII. PERSPECTIVES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6.Complement-Dependent Mechanisms of Virus Neutralization; I. INTRODUCTION; II. IMMUNITY TO VIRUSES AND VIRUS-INFECTED CELLS. III. COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION BY VIRUSES ANDVIRUS-INFECTED CELLSIV. ANTIBODY- AND COMPLEMENT-DEPENDENT VIRALNEUTRALIZATION; V. EFFECTS OF ANTIBODY AND COMPLEMENT ONVIRUS-INFECTED CELLS; VI. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Genetics and Synthesis of Components of the ComplementSystem; I. INTRODUCTION; II. GENETIC VARIANTS: POLYMORPHISM OF THECOMPLEMENT PROTEINS; III. STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OFCOMPLEMENT GENES; IV. EXPRESSION OF COMPLEMENT GENES; V. COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCIES; VI. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Role of Complement inInfectious Diseases; I. INTRODUCTION. II. MICROBIAL ANTIGENS CAPABLEOF ACTIVATING COMPLEMENTIII. LOCALIZATION OF ANTIBODY AND COMPLEMENTCOMPONENTS ON MICROORGANISMS; IV. COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED LYSIS OF BACTERIA; V. ROLE OF ANTIBODY AND COMPLEMENT IN BLOODSTREAMCLEARANCE OF MICROORGANISMS; VI. NONCOMPLEMENT AND NONANTIBODY FACTORSINTERACTING WITH COMPLEMENT IN HOST DEFENSE; VII. ROLE OF COMPLEMENT IN THE PATHOGENESISOF INFECTIOUS DISEASE; VIII. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Complement and theRheumatic Diseases; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; III. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ANDRELATED ARTHRITIDES; IV. CRYOGLOBULINS. |