Immunotherapy for infectious diseases /

Immunotherapy for infectious diseases / edited by Jeffrey M. Jacobson. - Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2002. - x, 331 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Infectious disease . - Infectious disease (Totowa, N.J.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Prefacev -- List of Contributorsix -- I BASIC PRINCIPLES OF IMMUNITY -- 1 Humoral Immunity -- Peter L. Nara3 -- 2 Some Basic Cellular Immunology Principles Applied to the -- Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases -- R. Pat Bucy and Paul Goepfert 23 -- 3 Immune Defense at Mucosal Surfaces -- Prosper N. Boyaka and Jerry R. McGhee39 -- II MOLECULAR BASIS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY -- 4 Production of Immunoglobulins and Monoclonal Antibodies -- Targeting Infectious Diseases -- Renate Kunert and Hermann Katinger63 -- 5 Dendritic Cells: Their Role in the Immune Response to Infectious -- Organisms and Their Potential Use in Therapeutic Vaccination -- Smriti K. Kundu-Raychaudhuri and Edgar G. Engleman99 -- 6 Cytokines, Cytokine Antagonists, and Growth Factors for -- Treating Infections -- Barbara G. Matthews117 -- 7 Principles of Vaccine Development -- Constantin A. Bona129 -- III IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR HIV INFECTION -- 8 Immunopathogenesis of HIV Infection -- Lawrence M Fox151 -- 9 Immune Reconstitution with Antiretroviral Chemotherapy -- Elizabeth Connick163 -- 10 Active Immunization as Therapy for HIV Infection -- Spyros A. Kalams181 -- 11 Passive Immunotherapy for HIV Infection -- Jeff rey M Jacobson199 -- 12 Host Cell-Directed Approaches for Treating HIV and Restoring -- Immune Function -- J. Michael Kilby and R. Pat Bucy 221 -- 13 Gene Therapy for HIV-1 Infection -- Ralph Domburg and Roger J. Pomerantz237 -- IV IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES OTHER THAN HIV -- 14 Immunotherapy for Viral Infections Other than HIV -- Michelle Onorato and Richard B. Pollard251 -- 15 Immunotherapy for Virus-Associated Malignancies -- Uluhan Sili, Helen Heslop, and Cliona M. Rooney259 -- 16 Immunotherapy of Bacterial Infections and Sepsis -- Sam T. D onta 275 -- 17 Immunotherapy for Tuberculosis and Other -- Mycobacterial Infections -- Robert S. Wallis and John L. Johnson283 -- 18 Immunotherapy for Fungal Infections -- A rturo C asadevall303 -- Index323.

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Immunotherapy.
AIDS (Disease)
Communicable Diseases
Immunotherapy
HIV Infections
HIV Infections
Immunity.
Viral Vaccines.--Immunotherapy.--therapy.--methods.--immunology.--therapy.

616.904 / JAC

WC 100 / I33373 2002

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