Screen LibraryNeonatal immunity
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| Published: |
Humana Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Totowa, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Contemporary immunology |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 389 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
158829319X (alk. paper) 1592598250 (E-ISBN) |
| Index Number: | R722 |
| CLC: | R722.03 |
| Call Number: | R722.03/N438 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-372) and index. Structure and function of immune system in vertebrates -- Ontogeny and development of cells mediating innate and adaptive immunity -- Phenotypic characteristics of neonatal B cells -- Molecular characteristics of neonatal B cell repertoire -- Genetically programmed temporal ordered activation of neonatal B cell clones -- Antibody response in fetus and newborn -- Effect of maternal antibodies on neonatal B cell response -- Neonatal autoimmune diseases caused by maternal pathogenic autoantibodies -- Phenotypic characteristics of neonatal T cells -- Expression of MHC molecules in neonates -- Neonatal cytokine network -- Cell-mediated immune responses in neonates -- Fetal and neonatal tolerance -- Development of efficient prophylactic vaccines and theracines for newborns and infants . |