Contemporary Topics in Immunobiology Thymus Dependency

This second volume of Contemporary Topics in Immunobiology considers many aspects of thymus dependency in order to exemplify the role of the thy­ mus in different species and different immunological responses. It is not in­ tended to be a compendium of the responses which have been shown to be thymu...

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Other Authors: Davies, A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1973, 1973
Edition:1st ed. 1973
Series:Contemporary topics in immunobiology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Thymus and Lymphomyeloid System in Poikilothermic Vertebrates
  • 2. Effect of Thymectomy on Immunological Responses in the Sheep
  • 3. Nature of the Responding Organism: Responders and Nonresponders
  • 4. The Intrathymic Environment
  • 5. A Note on Hassall’s Corpuscles
  • 6. Cell Migration and the Thymus
  • 7. Ecology of Thymus Dependency
  • 8. Morphological Changes in the Thymus-Dependent Lymphoid System Associated with Pathological Conditions in Animals and Man: Their Functional Significance
  • 9. Immunological Memory
  • 10. Effects of Adjuvants on Interactions of Different Cell Types in Immune Responses
  • 11. Cytotoxic Cells
  • 12. Thymus Dependency of Rosette-Forming Cells
  • 13. Antigen-Binding Cells of the Thymus
  • 14. Thymus Dependency and Chronic Antigenic Stimulation: Immunity to Parasitic Protozoans and Helminths
  • 15. The Thymus and Immune Surveillance
  • 16. Thymus Independence
  • 17. Effect of Pregnancy on the Restoration of Immunological Responses in Neonatally Thymectomized Female Mice
  • 18. Thymus Hormones
  • 19. Thymic Humoral Factors
  • 20. Thymosin and Other Thymic Hormones: Their Nature and Roles in the Thymic Dependency of Immunological Phenomena
  • 21. Some Clinical Implications of Thymus-Dependent Functions