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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Volume 3: Intramural Research

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Editors:
  1. Vassil St. Georgiev

    1. Dept. Health & Human Services, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA

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  • Contains individual research contributions by internationally known scientists doing research in the NIAID laboratories
  • Covers new research findings in immunology, infectious diseases, and vaccine research
  • Three-volume set will make the current state-of-the-art advancements of biomedical research available to the scientific community worldwide

Part of the book series: Infectious Disease (ID)

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  3. Immunology: Cellular Immunology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Modulation of Human Dendritic Cells by Highly Virulent Pathogens

      • Catharine M. Bosio
      Pages 179-183

    3. Making Friends in Out-of-the- Way Places: How Cells of the Immune System Get Together and How They Conduct Their Business as Revealed by Intravital Imaging

      • Ronald N. Germain, Marc Bajénoff, Flora Castellino, Marcello Chieppa, Jackson G. Egen, Alex Y. C. Huang et al.
      Pages 185-202

    4. Role of Regulatory/Suppressor T Cells in Immune Responses

      • Ethan M. Shevach
      Pages 203-213

    5. Proliferation versus Contraction of Immune Cells, the Non-Apoptotic Role of Caspase 8 In Immune Homeostasis

      • Lixin Zheng, Michael Lenardo
      Pages 215-220

    6. Features of Plasma Cell-Related Neoplasms in Mice

      • Herbert C. Morse III, Siegfried Janz, Chen-Feng Qi, Dong-Mi Shin, Wendy F. Davidson, Hongsheng Wang et al.
      Pages 221-230

    7. A Role of IRF8 in Transcriptional Control of B-Cell Development

      • Hongsheng Wang, Chang Hoon Lee, Herbert C. Morse III
      Pages 231-241

    8. Laboratory of Molecular Immunology

      • Joshua M. Farber
      Pages 243-247

  4. Immunology: The Role of Receptors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. Structure and Function of Immunoreceptors

      • Peter D. Sun
      Pages 251-259

    3. Role of the NKG2D Receptor in Health and Disease

      • Steven J. Burgess, Sriram Narayanan, Francisco Borrego, John E. Coligan
      Pages 261-273

  5. Allergy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
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    2. G-Protein-Evoked Signaling Mechanisms in Asthma and Allergic Disease

      • Kirk M. Druey
      Pages 277-281

    3. Mast Cell Precursors and Signaling Pathways

      • Dean D. Metcalfe, Richard D. Peavy, Alasdair M. Gilfillan
      Pages 283-295
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About this book

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH: Volume III: Intramural Research contains a broad overview of the research activity of the NIAID intramural scientists working in the Division of Intramural Research (DIR) and the Vaccine Research Center (VRC), both in the Bethesda campus, and the Rocky Mountains Research Laboratories. Each of these laboratories employs scientists internationally recognized as leaders in their fields of biomedical research.

This volume focuses on individual research contributions by internationally known scientists doing research in the NIAID laboratories.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Health & Human Services, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Vassil St. Georgiev

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 3: Intramural Research

  • Editors: Vassil St. Georgiev

  • Series Title: Infectious Disease

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-512-5

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60761-511-8Published: 17 September 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61779-706-4Published: 06 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-60761-512-5Published: 29 July 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 452

  • Topics: Allergology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology

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