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Книга Encyclopedia of Immunology (4-Volume Set) Encyclopedia of Immunology (4-Volume Set)Книги English литература Автор: Ivan M. Roitt , Peter J. Delves Год издания: 1998 Формат: pdf Издат.:Academic Press Страниц: 6233 Размер: 200,5 ISBN: 0122267656 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:With more than 700 expert authors from 22 different countries, the Encyclopedia of Immunology, Second Edition is the largest comprehensive reference source of current immunological knowledge available. It provides a broad scope and high level of expertise to the many aspects of the field of immunology and related areas, including microbiology, virology, and parasitology. Arranged into 31 subject areas with extensive cross-referencing and subject indexes in each volume, the Encyclopedia is easy-to-use for virtually any researcher, regardless of his or her field. Concise definitions of the subject area also introduce each entry. The Second Edition includes timely and thorough updates for all articles from the First Edition, more than 60 new entries, a glossary of immunological terms in each volume, a total of 500 figures and tables, and new color plates sections. Front......Page 2 Advisory Board......Page 4 Preface......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Color Plates......Page 9 AB0 Blood Group system......Page 51 Acquired Immne Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)......Page 56 Acquired Immune Response......Page 63 Acute Inflammatory Reaction......Page 65 Acute Phase Proteins......Page 68 Adenovirus. Infection and Immunity......Page 71 Adhesion Molecules......Page 76 Adjuvant Arthritis......Page 83 Adjuvants......Page 86 Adrenal Autoimmunity......Page 89 Affinity......Page 93 Affinity Chromatography......Page 97 Affnity Labeling......Page 100 Affinity Maturation......Page 102 African Swine Fever......Page 104 Agglutination......Page 106 Aging and the Immune System......Page 109 Allelic Exclusion......Page 112 Allergens......Page 114 Alloantigens......Page 120 Allotypes, Immunoglobulin......Page 124 Amebiasis......Page 127 Amphibian Immune System......Page 129 Amyloid......Page 134 Anaphylatoxins......Page 136 Anemia, Autoimmune Hemolytic in Animal Models......Page 141 Anemia, Autoimmune Hemolytic in Human......Page 144 Anemia, Drug-Induced Immune Hemolytic......Page 149 Anemia, Pernicious......Page 151 Anergy, B Cell......Page 155 Anergy, T Cell......Page 159 Annexins (Lipocortins)......Page 161 Anti-Globulin (Coombs') Test......Page 165 Anti-Inflammatory (Nonsteroidal) Drugs......Page 167 Anti-Lymphocyte Serum......Page 171 Anti-Nuclear Antibodies......Page 175 Anti-Oxidant Micronutrients and the Immune System......Page 183 Antibodies: Antigenicity of......Page 186 Antibodies, Bispecific......Page 188 Antibodies, Detection of......Page 191 Antibodies, Secretion......Page 194 Antibodies, Specificity......Page 198 Antibodies, Synthesis......Page 204 Antibody-Antigen Complexes, Three-Dimensional Structures......Page 209 Antibody-Antigen Intermolecular Forces......Page 213 Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity......Page 218 Antigen-Binding Site......Page 221 Antigen-Presenting Cells......Page 224 Antigen-Specific Cells: Enrichment and Isolation......Page 228 Antigen Clearance......Page 232 Antigen, Entry into the Body......Page 238 Antigen Presentation via MHC Class I Molecules......Page 241 Antigen Presentation via MHC Class II Molecules......Page 244 Antigenic Variation......Page 249 Antigens......Page 251 Antigens, Cell Surface......Page 257 Antigens, T Dependent and Independent......Page 264 Antiserum......Page 268 Apoptosis......Page 270 Arachidonic Acid and the Leukotrienes......Page 278 Arenavirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 282 Arginine and Immunity......Page 285 Arthus Reaction......Page 287 Ascariasis......Page 291 Asthma......Page 293 Ataxia Telangiectasia......Page 297 Atopic Allergy......Page 301 Attenuated Organisms as Vaccines......Page 305 Autoantibodies, Tests for......Page 310 Autoantigens......Page 316 Autoimmune Disease, Induced Animal Models......Page 320 Autoimmune Disease, Pathogenesis......Page 325 Autoimmune Disease, Spontaneous Animal Models......Page 330 Autoimmune Diseases......Page 337 Autoimmunity......Page 342 Autoradiography......Page 346 Untitled......Page 350 B7 (CD80 and CD86)......Page 354 Babesiosis......Page 358 Bacillus, Infection and Immunity......Page 361 Bacteria, Immunity to......Page 365 Bacterial Cell Walls......Page 370 Bacterial Immunoglobulin-Binding Proteins......Page 373 Bacteroides, Infection and Immunity......Page 377 Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome......Page 379 Basophils......Page 382 BCG......Page 385 Behavioral Regulation of Immunity......Page 386 Bence Jones Proteins......Page 391 Biozzi Mice......Page 392 Blood Transfusion Reactions......Page 396 B Lymphocyte Activation......Page 399 B Lymphocyte Antigen Processing and Presentation......Page 402 B Lymphocyte Differentiation......Page 405 B Lymphocyte Repertorie......Page 409 B Lymphocytes......Page 413 Beta(2)-Microglobulin......Page 417 bm Mutants......Page 421 Bone Marrow and Hematopoiesis......Page 424 Bordetella, Infection and Immunity......Page 427 Borrelia, Infection and Immunity......Page 429 Brucella, Infection and Immunity......Page 433 Bruton's Agammaglobulinemia......Page 436 Bunyaviridae, Infection and Immunity......Page 440 Bursa of Fabricius......Page 443 Untitled......Page 446 Calicivirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 449 Campath-1 Antigen (CD52)......Page 452 Campylobacter, Infection and Immunity......Page 457 Candida, Infection and Immunity......Page 459 Canine Immune System......Page 461 Capping, Clustering, Membrane Microdomains and Cell Surface Dynamics......Page 464 Carbohydrate Antigens......Page 472 Carbohydrates, Immune Stimulating......Page 477 Cardiac Disease, Autoimmune......Page 481 Carrier......Page 486 Catalytic Antibodies......Page 488 CD Antigens......Page 494 CD1......Page 508 CD2......Page 513 CD3......Page 515 CD4......Page 518 CD5......Page 522 CD8......Page 525 CD22......Page 529 CD28......Page 532 CD40 and its Ligand......Page 534 CD44......Page 538 CD45......Page 541 CD46 (Membrane Cofactor Protein, MCP)......Page 545 CD59......Page 547 Cell-Mediated Immunity......Page 551 Cell-Mediated Lysis......Page 554 Cell Separation Techniques......Page 557 Cell Surface Molecules, Immunoprecipitation of......Page 563 Cell Surface Receptors and Adhesion Molecules, Three-Dimensional Structures......Page 565 Chagas' Disease......Page 571 Chédiak-Higashi Syndrome......Page 576 Chemokines......Page 579 Chemotaxis......Page 583 Chemotaxis of Lymphocytes......Page 588 Chemotaxis of Macrophages and Monocytes......Page 590 Chemotaxis of Neutrophils......Page 591 Chimerism, Hematopoietic......Page 594 Chlamydia, Infection and Immunity......Page 599 Chromosome Translocations of Immune Genes......Page 602 Chronic Active and Autoimmune Hepatitis......Page 611 Chronic Granulomatous Disease......Page 615 Circulatory System Infections......Page 617 Clonal Deletion......Page 619 Clonal Selection......Page 623 Clostridium, Infection and Immunity......Page 626 Clotting System......Page 628 Cobra Venom Factor......Page 636 Coccidioides, Infection and Immunity......Page 639 Coccidiosis......Page 641 Cold Agglutinins......Page 643 Colony-Stimulating Factors......Page 646 Common Variable Immunodeficiency......Page 649 Complement, Alternative Pathway......Page 652 Complement, Classical Pathway......Page 654 Complement Deficiencies......Page 662 Complemenet Fixation Test......Page 667 Complement, Genetics......Page 669 Complement, Membrane Attack Pathway......Page 674 Complement Receptors......Page 679 Congenic Mice......Page 684 Contact Hypersensitivity......Page 687 Contraception, Immunological......Page 690 Contrasuppression......Page 698 Cooperation, Mechnisms of Cellular......Page 701 Copper and the Immune System......Page 707 Coronovirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 708 Coryneform Bacteria, Infection and Immunity......Page 711 C-Reactive Protein......Page 713 Cryoglobulin......Page 715 Cryopreservation of Immune Cells......Page 718 Cryptococcosis, Infection and Immunity......Page 721 Cryprosporidiosis......Page 724 Cutaneous Anaphylaxis......Page 728 Cyclosporine......Page 736 Cysticercosis......Page 740 Cytokine Assays......Page 744 Cytokine Genes, Regulation of......Page 749 Cytokine Inhibitors......Page 752 Cytokine Receptors......Page 758 Cytokine Receptors, Soluble......Page 762 Cytokines......Page 769 Cytomegalovirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 772 Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes......Page 775 Cytotoxicity, Assays for......Page 780 Cytotoxicity, Mechanisms of......Page 782 Decay-Accelerating Factor (CD55)......Page 785 Degranulation......Page 786 Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity......Page 788 Dendritic Cells......Page 792 Deoxyguanosine......Page 798 Dermatological Infections......Page 800 Determinant Spreading......Page 804 Diapedesis......Page 807 DiGeorge Syndrome......Page 811 Diversity, Generation of......Page 814 DNA Vaccines......Page 821 Domains, Immunoglobulin-Type......Page 825 Drugs, Allergy to......Page 828 Echinococcus, Infection and Immunity......Page 833 Eczema......Page 836 Effector Lymphocytes......Page 839 Electron Microscopy, Immunological Applications......Page 840 Elispot Assay......Page 846 Embryonic Antigens......Page 848 Endothelium......Page 852 Endotoxin (Lipopolysaccharide (LPS))......Page 856 Enhancement, Immunological......Page 859 Enzyme Labeling of Antibodies and Antigens......Page 863 Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)......Page 866 Eosinophil Chemotactic Factors......Page 869 Eosinophils......Page 872 Epitopes......Page 875 Epstein-Barr Virus, Infection and Immunity......Page 878 Erythrocytes......Page 883 Escherichia coli, Infection and Immunity......Page 892 Excercise and the Immune Response......Page 895 Exocytosis......Page 899 Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis......Page 906 Extracellular Matrix......Page 911 Eye, Autimmune Disease......Page 917 Eye Infections......Page 921 Fas (CD95) and Fas Ligand......Page 924 Fascioliasis......Page 930 Fatty Acids (Dietary) and the Immune System......Page 934 Fc Receptors......Page 936 Feline Immune System......Page 942 Fetal Calf Serum......Page 946 Fetus as Allograft......Page 948 Fever......Page 951 Fibroblasts......Page 955 Fibronectin......Page 959 Filariasis, Lymphatic......Page 963 Filoviruses (Marburg Virus and Ebola Virus), Infection and Immunity......Page 966 Fish Immune System......Page 970 Flavivirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 976 Flow Cytometry......Page 982 Fluorochrome Labeling......Page 993 Food Allergy......Page 997 Forssman Antigen......Page 1003 Francisella, Infection and Immunity......Page 1006 Fungi, Immunity to......Page 1007 Fusobacterium, Infection and Immunity......Page 1012 Gammaglobulin......Page 1014 Gastrointestinal Tract Infections......Page 1017 Gene Conversion......Page 1019 Gene Therapy......Page 1024 Genetic Analysis at the Molecular Level......Page 1031 Genetic Analysis at the Phenotypic Level......Page 1036 Germ-Free Animals......Page 1040 Germinal Center......Page 1042 Glucocorticoids......Page 1046 Glycosylation of Immune System Molecules......Page 1051 Goodpasture's Syndrome......Page 1055 Graft Rejection......Page 1061 Graft-versus-Host Reaction......Page 1065 Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF)......Page 1068 Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF)......Page 1070 Granuloma......Page 1073 Granzymes......Page 1076 Gravity, Effect of Space Flight on Immunity......Page 1080 Guinea Pig, Inbred Strains of......Page 1083 H2 Class I......Page 1085 H2 Class II......Page 1090 H2 Class III Region......Page 1095 Haemophilus, Infection and Immunity......Page 1098 Hapten......Page 1100 Heavy Chain Diseases......Page 1103 Helicobacter pylori, Infection and Immunity......Page 1106 Helper T Lymphocytes......Page 1108 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation......Page 1109 1 page missing (from Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation)......Page 1115 Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn......Page 1116 Hepatitis A Virus, Infection and Immunity......Page 1119 Hepatitis B Virus, Infection and Immunity......Page 1121 Hepatitis C Virus, Infection and Immunity......Page 1125 Hepatitis E, F and G Viruses, Infection and Immunity......Page 1128 Herpes Simplex Virus, Infection and Immunity......Page 1130 Herpesvirus-8, Infection and Immunity......Page 1135 Heterophile Antibodies......Page 1137 High Endothelial Venules......Page 1138 Histamine......Page 1146 Histoplasma, Infection and Immunity......Page 1150 HLA Class I......Page 1153 HLA Class II......Page 1156 HLA Class III Region......Page 1159 Hookworm Disease......Page 1166 hu-SCID Mice......Page 1170 Human Immunodeficiency Viruses......Page 1171 Humanized Antibodies......Page 1180 Humoral Immunity......Page 1185 Hybridomas, B Cell......Page 1189 Hybridomas, T Cell......Page 1193 Hydrostatic Pressure, Effect on Immune System......Page 1196 H-Y, the Male-Specific Transplantation Antigen......Page 1199 Hypergammaglobulinemia......Page 1202 Hyper-IgM Syndrome......Page 1207 Untitled......Page 1210 Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura......Page 1221 Idiotype......Page 1223 Idiotype, Internal Image......Page 1227 Idiotype Network......Page 1231 Ig(alpha)/Ig(beta) (CD79a/CD79b)......Page 1235 IgA......Page 1237 IgD......Page 1240 IgE......Page 1243 IgG......Page 1249 IgM......Page 1253 I-J......Page 1258 Immune Adherence......Page 1260 Immune Complexes......Page 1261 Immune Response......Page 1267 Immune Response (Ir) Genes......Page 1270 Immune Response In Vitro......Page 1274 Immune Surveillance......Page 1284 Immune System, Anatomy of......Page 1288 Immunoadsorbents......Page 1291 Immunoassays......Page 1293 Immunoconglutinins......Page 1298 Immunocytochemistry and Enzyme Markers......Page 1299 Immunodeficiency, Animal Models of......Page 1308 Immunodeficiency, Primary......Page 1317 Immunodeficiency, Secondary......Page 1324 Immunodiffusion, Single Radial......Page 1328 Immunodominance......Page 1331 Immunoelectrophoresis......Page 1333 Immunogen......Page 1338 Immunoglobulin, Cell Surface......Page 1339 Immunoglobulin Class Switching......Page 1343 Immunoglobulin, Evolution of......Page 1348 Immunoglobulin, Functions......Page 1356 Immunoglobulin, Gene Superfamily......Page 1360 Immunoglobulin Genes......Page 1364 Immunoglobulin Structure......Page 1370 Immunology, a Brief Historical Perspective......Page 1375 Immunopathology......Page 1380 Immunopotentiation......Page 1383 Immunosuppression......Page 1390 Immunotherapy of Allergic Diseases......Page 1394 Immunotherapy of Autoimmune Diseases......Page 1397 Immunotherapy of Tumors......Page 1400 Immunotoxicology......Page 1406 Inbred Strains......Page 1410 Infertility, Immunological Causes of......Page 1414 Inflammatory Bowel Disease......Page 1416 Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Animal Models......Page 1422 Influenza Virus (Orthonyxovirus), Infection and Immunity......Page 1426 Innate Immunity......Page 1428 Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental Models......Page 1431 Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Human......Page 1440 Integrins......Page 1445 Intercellular Adhesion Molecules: ICAM-1, ICAM-2 and ICAM-3......Page 1450 Interferon alpha......Page 1454 Interferon beta......Page 1458 Interferon gamma......Page 1462 Interferon gamma Receptor......Page 1467 Interleukin 1 and Its Receptors......Page 1470 Interleukin 2......Page 1477 Interleukin 2 Receptor......Page 1480 Interleukin 3......Page 1483 Interleukin 3 (IL-3) Receptor......Page 1487 Interleukin 4......Page 1492 Interleukin 4 Receptor......Page 1494 Interleukin 5 and Its Receptor......Page 1497 Interleukin 6......Page 1499 Interleukin 6 Receptor......Page 1502 Interleukin 7 and Its Receptor......Page 1503 Interleukin 8 and Its Receptor......Page 1507 Interleukin 9 and Its Receptor......Page 1512 Interleukin 10 and Its Receptor......Page 1516 Interleukin 11 and Its Receptor......Page 1519 Interleukin 12 and Its Receptor......Page 1524 Interleukin 13 and Its Receptor......Page 1530 Interleukin 15 and Its Receptor......Page 1533 Invariant Chain (Ii)......Page 1536 Invertebrate Immune Systems......Page 1539 Iridovirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 1543 Iron and the Immune System......Page 1546 ISCOM (Immuno-Stimulating Complex)......Page 1548 Isoelectric Focusing......Page 1551 Isotype......Page 1555 Joining (J) Chain......Page 1557 Kallikrein-Kinin System......Page 1559 Klebsiella, Infection and Immunity......Page 1563 Knockout, Genetic......Page 1565 Langerhans Cells......Page 1569 Large Granular Lymphocytes......Page 1573 Lectins......Page 1576 Legionella, Infection and Immunity......Page 1583 Leishmaniasis......Page 1587 Leptospira, Infection and Immunity......Page 1592 Leukemia......Page 1595 Leukemia Inhibitory Factor......Page 1601 Leukemia Viruses......Page 1603 Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency......Page 1607 Leukocyte Culture......Page 1610 Lewis(x)/Sialyl-Lewis(x) (CD15/CD15S)......Page 1617 Lifespan of Immune Cells and Molecules......Page 1620 Limiting Dilution Analysis......Page 1625 Linkage Disequilibrium......Page 1627 Liposomes......Page 1629 Listeria, Infection and Immunity......Page 1633 Lymphatic System......Page 1637 Lymph Nodes......Page 1644 Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen 1 (LFA-1)......Page 1648 Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen 3 (LFA-3)......Page 1653 Lymphocyte Trafficking......Page 1657 Lymphocyte Transformation Test......Page 1662 Lymphocytes......Page 1666 Lymphokine-Activated Killer (LAK) Cells......Page 1668 Lymphoma......Page 1672 Lymphotoxin......Page 1678 Macrophage Activation......Page 1683 Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (CSF-1)......Page 1691 Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF)......Page 1696 Malaria......Page 1699 Mast Cells......Page 1708 Maternal Antibodies......Page 1712 Maturation of Immune Responses......Page 1718 Membrane-Associated Cytoskeleton: Role in Regulating Immune Cell Function......Page 1720 Memory, Immunological......Page 1722 Mercury and the Immune System......Page 1727 MHC Disease Association......Page 1731 MHC, Evolution of......Page 1741 MHC, Functions of......Page 1744 MHC Peptide-binding Specificity......Page 1747 MHC Restriction......Page 1750 Microbial Mechanisms, Oxygen-Dependent......Page 1754 Microbicidal Mechanisms, Oxygen-Independent......Page 1760 Microenvironment......Page 1766 Minot Transplantation (Histocompatibility) Antigens......Page 1770 Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction......Page 1774 Molecular Mimicry......Page 1777 Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs)......Page 1783 Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein (MCP-1)......Page 1789 Monocytes......Page 1791 Mononuclear Phagocyte System......Page 1796 Motility of Immune Cells......Page 1800 Mouse Inbred Strains......Page 1803 Mouse Inbred strains, Origins of......Page 1812 Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT)......Page 1815 Mucosal Immunity......Page 1821 Multiple Sclerosis......Page 1827 Muramyl Dipeptide......Page 1830 Mycobacteria, Infection and Immunity......Page 1834 Mycoplasma, Infection and Immunity......Page 1839 Untitled......Page 1844 Natural Antibodies......Page 1847 Natural Killer (NK) Cells......Page 1850 Neisseria, Infection and Immunity......Page 1857 Neonatal Immune Response......Page 1859 Nephelometry......Page 1863 Neuroendocrine Regulation of Immunity......Page 1865 Neurological Autoimmune Diseases......Page 1875 Neurological Infections......Page 1885 Neuromuscular Junction Autoimmunity......Page 1888 Neutralization of Biological Reactions by Antibodies......Page 1892 Neutrophils......Page 1895 Nitric Oxide......Page 1900 Nocardia, Infection and Immunity......Page 1902 Northern Blotting......Page 1905 Nude (Athymic) Mice......Page 1907 Nutrition and the Immune System......Page 1910 Onchocerciasis......Page 1913 Ontogeny of the Immune Response......Page 1916 Opisthorchiasis-Clonorchiasis......Page 1920 Opportunistic Infections......Page 1922 Opsonization......Page 1926 Oral Immunology......Page 1929 Oral Tolerance......Page 1934 Organ culture of Lymphoid Cells......Page 1940 Ovine Immune System......Page 1943 Papillomavirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 1948 Paramyxoviruses, Infection and Immunity......Page 1950 Parasites, Immunity to......Page 1957 Parvovirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 1963 Pasteurella, Infection and Immunity......Page 1968 Perforin......Page 1970 Phage Display of Antibodies......Page 1972 Phagocytosis......Page 1976 Phorbol Esters......Page 1981 Photoimmunology......Page 1983 Phylogeny of the Immune Response......Page 1987 Phytohemagglutinin (PHA)......Page 1993 Picornavirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 1994 Plaque-forming Cell (PFC) Assay......Page 2001 Plasma......Page 2005 Plasmapheresis......Page 2010 Platelet-Activating Factor (PAF)......Page 2012 Platelets......Page 2014 Pneumocystis carinii, Infection and Immunity......Page 2018 Pokeweed Mitogen (PWM)......Page 2019 Polyclonal Activators......Page 2020 Polyendocrine Autoimmunity......Page 2025 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Amplification......Page 2028 Polyomavirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2029 Porcine Immune System......Page 2032 Poxvirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2036 Precipitation Reaction......Page 2040 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis......Page 2043 Primate (Nonhuman) Immune System......Page 2045 Privileged sites......Page 2053 Prokaryotes, Immunity in......Page 2054 Proliferation, Lymphocyte......Page 2058 Prostaglandins......Page 2065 Protein Kinases......Page 2069 Protein Separation Techniques......Page 2075 Proteus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2080 Untitled......Page 2083 Rabbit Immune System......Page 2087 Radiation, Effcets on Immune System......Page 2091 Radiolabeling......Page 2094 Rat, Inbred strains of......Page 2096 Recruitment......Page 2100 Relative Risk......Page 2105 Renal Infections......Page 2106 Reovirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2108 Reproductive Tract Infections......Page 2112 Reptilian Immune System......Page 2117 Respiratory and Cardiac Infections......Page 2122 Retroviral Vectors......Page 2125 Retrovirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2133 Rhabdovirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2139 Rh Antigens......Page 2143 Rheumatoid Arthritis, Animal Models......Page 2147 Rheumatoid Arthritis, Human......Page 2152 Rheumatological Disorders......Page 2158 Rhinitis, Allergic......Page 2162 Rickettsia, Infection and Immunity......Page 2167 Rosetting Techniques......Page 2169 Salmonella, Infection and Immunity......Page 2172 Sarcoidosis......Page 2174 Schistosomiasis......Page 2178 SDS-Poylacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)......Page 2184 Second Signals for Lymphocyte Activation......Page 2186 Secretory Component (The Polymeric Ig Receptor)......Page 2193 Selectins (CD62-E/L/P)......Page 2199 Septic Shock......Page 2202 Serotonin......Page 2205 Serum Sickness......Page 2209 Severe Combined Immunodeficiency......Page 2211 Sex Hormones and Immunity......Page 2216 Shigella, Infection and Immunity......Page 2219 Sjögren's Syndrome......Page 2222 Skin, Autoimmune Disease......Page 2226 Skin, Contribution to Immunity......Page 2231 Somatic Mutation......Page 2233 Southern Blotting......Page 2235 Specificity......Page 2239 Spleen......Page 2246 Staphylococcus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2249 Statistics, Use in Immunology......Page 2252 Streptobacillus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2256 Streprococcus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2258 Stress and the Immune System......Page 2261 Stress Proteins......Page 2269 Stromal Cells......Page 2274 Strongyloidiasis......Page 2279 Superantigens......Page 2280 Suppressor T Lymphocytes......Page 2284 Surface Plasmon Resonance......Page 2288 Systemic Lupus Eyrthromatosus, Animal Models......Page 2292 Untitled......Page 2296 Targeting of Immunological Agents......Page 2302 T Cell Receptor, alpha/beta......Page 2305 T Cell Receptor, gamma/delta......Page 2309 T Cell Receptor, Evolution of......Page 2319 T Cell Receptor, Recognition by......Page 2323 T Cell Vaccination......Page 2325 Theileriosis......Page 2327 Thy-1......Page 2331 Thymic Epithelium: Potential Role in Regulatory T Cell Tolerance......Page 2333 Thymic Hormones and Peptides......Page 2341 Thymus......Page 2345 Thyroid Autoimmunity, Animal Models......Page 2350 Thyroid Autoimmunity, Human......Page 2354 Tissue Typing......Page 2359 T Lymphocyte activation......Page 2364 T Lymphocyte Clonal Expansion......Page 2371 T Lymphocyte Differentation......Page 2375 T Lymphocytes......Page 2382 T Lymphocytes, Autoreactive......Page 2384 TNF Receptors......Page 2386 Togavirus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2391 Tolerance, Central......Page 2393 Tolerance, Models......Page 2400 Tolerance, Peripheral......Page 2403 Toxins......Page 2408 Toxicariasis......Page 2420 Toxoplasmosis......Page 2423 Transfer Factors......Page 2426 Transferring Receptor (CD71)......Page 2430 Transfroming Growth Factor beta (TGF beta)......Page 2433 Transfusion......Page 2440 Transgenic Animals......Page 2445 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Infection and Immunity......Page 2450 Transplantation......Page 2452 Treponema, Infection and Immunity......Page 2456 Trichuriasis......Page 2459 Trypanosomiasis, African......Page 2461 Tumor Antigens......Page 2465 Tumor Imaging......Page 2472 Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha......Page 2476 Tumors, Immune Response to......Page 2481 Untitled......Page 2484 Ultracentrifugation......Page 2487 Ungulate Immune Systems......Page 2490 Urinary Tract Infections......Page 2493 Vaccination, Methods of Administration......Page 2495 Vaccines......Page 2497 Vaccines, Adverse Reactions to......Page 2503 Valency of Antigens and Antibodies......Page 2506 Varicella-Zoster Virus, Infection and Immunity......Page 2509 Venoms......Page 2511 Veto Cells......Page 2514 Viability, Methods of Assessing Leukocyte......Page 2515 Vibrio cholerae, Infection and Immunity......Page 2517 Viruses, Immunity to......Page 2520 Viruses, Infection of Immune Cells by......Page 2525 Vitamin A and the Immune System......Page 2529 Vitamin B Group and the Immune System......Page 2531 Vitamin C and the Immune System......Page 2532 Vitamin D and the Immune System......Page 2535 Vitamin E and the Immune System......Page 2541 Vitiligo......Page 2542 Western Blotting......Page 2544 Xenotransplantation......Page 2549 Yersinia, Infection and Immunity......Page 2553 Zinc and the Immune System......Page 2556 With more than 700 expert authors from 22 different countries, the Encyclopedia of Immunology, Second Edition is the largest comprehensive reference source of current immunological knowledge available. It provides a broad scope and high level of expertise to the many aspects of the field of immunology and related areas, including microbiology, virology, and parasitology. Arranged into 31 subject areas with extensive cross-referencing and subject indexes in each volume, the Encyclopedia is easy-to-use for virtually any researcher, regardless of his or her field. Concise definitions of the subject area also introduce each entry. The Second Edition includes timely and thorough updates for all articles from the First Edition, more than 60 new entries, a glossary of immunological terms in each volume, a total of 500 figures and tables, and new color plates sections. Key Features * Four volumes, each containing a subject index * Approximately 630 different articles * More than 700 expert contributors from 22 different countries * Coverage of 31 different subject areas * Concise definitions of the subject to introduce each entry * Further reading lists at the end of each entry * Extensive cross-referencing * Entries arranged in a single A-Z list for easy access * Easy-to-read double-column format * More than 500 figures to complement the text * More than 60 new articles * A glossary of immunological terms in each volume * A color plate section in each volume