Nanoparticles and the immune system : safety and effects /
Nanoparticles and the Immune System provides a reference text for toxicologists, materials scientists and regulators and covers the key issues of interaction of nanomaterials with the immune system. The book discusses several issues that toxicologists and regulators need to know: identification of e...
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Elsevier/Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | 2014. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124080850 |
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Nanoparticles and the Immune System provides a reference text for toxicologists, materials scientists and regulators and covers the key issues of interaction of nanomaterials with the immune system. The book discusses several issues that toxicologists and regulators need to know: identification of endpoints that are relevant for assessing hazard, evaluating impact on immunologically frail populations, and how to evaluate chronic/cumulative effects. In addition, the book addresses the possibility of turning the immunomodulating properties of certain nanomaterials to our advantage. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9780124079212 0124079210 |
Index Number: | QR182 |
CLC: | R392 |
Contents: | How innate and adaptive immunity work -- Nanoparticles and innate immunity -- Nanoparticles and adaptive immunity -- Nanoparticles and allergy -- Nanoparticles and immunological frailty -- Nanoparticles in medicine: nanoparticle engineering for macrophage targeting and nanoparticles that avoid macrophage recognition -- Summary and outlook. |