Infection, Immune Homeostasis and Immune Privilege (Paperback, 2012 ed.)

Organs and tissues that can tolerate little or no inflammation have developed multiple overlapping mechanisms of immune protection in the absence of inflammation. These areas have been designated "immune-privileged sites" by Peter Medawar and include the central nervous system, eye, reproductive tract, testis and possibly the liver. Mechanisms of immune homeostasis found in less immune-regulated organs are often evident in the immune privileged sites and vice versa. It is important that the non-inflammatory mechanisms that contribute to immune privilege allow host defense against infectious organisms. This volume highlights the mechanisms leading to immune privilege in tissues and organs, the deviation of immune responses and the modification of the behavior of the immune cells that manage to cross the blood barriers of tissues, in the context of infection.

General

Imprint:	Springer Basel
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Birkhauser Advances in Infectious Diseases
Release date:	August 2014
First published:	2012
Editors:	Joan Stein-Streilein
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	156
Edition:	2012 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-480797-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pathology > Medical microbiology & virology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Immunology > General
LSN:	3-03-480797-X
Barcode:	9783034807975

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