Cytokine Knockouts

Surveying one of today's most powerful new methodologies, Durum and Muegge assemble in Cytokine Knockouts a unique compendium of the latest information on cytokine knockout mice. Each chapter-written by the leading scientists who created or studied each knockout-illuminates the physiological co...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Durum, Scott K. (Editor), Muegge, Kathrin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
Series:Contemporary Immunology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The IL-2 Deficiency Syndrome: A Lethal Disease Caused by Abnormal Lymphocyte Survival
  • Ch. 2. IL-7 Knockout Mice and the Generation of Lymphocytes
  • Ch. 3. Lymphoid Development and Function in IL-7R-Deficient Mice
  • Ch. 4. CD40 Ligand Knockout Mice
  • Ch. 5. Physiological, Immunological, and Pathological Functions of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Revealed by TNF Receptor-Deficient Mice
  • Ch. 6. Cooperation Between the TNF Receptors Demonstrated by TNF Receptor Knockout Mice
  • Ch. 7. Immunodeficiency of Tumor Necrosis Factor and Lymphotoxin-? Double-Deficient Mice
  • Ch. 8. Characterization of Lymphotoxin-?-Deficient Mice
  • Ch. 9. Interleukin-1?-Deficient Mice
  • Ch. 10. Functional Phenotype of Mice Deficient in the IL-1R Type 1 Gene: A Comparison with Other Genetically Modified Mice
  • Ch. 11. Mice Deficient in Interleukin-1? Converting Enzyme
  • Ch. 12. Neutrophilia and B-Cell Plasmacytosis in Mice Lacking the Murine IL-8 Receptor Homolog
  • Ch. 13. Knockouts of Interferons, Interferon Receptors and Interferon Signaling Components
  • Ch. 14. IL-6 Gene Knockout Mice
  • Ch. 15. IL-6 Unique Functions in Inflammation, Bone Metabolism, and B-Cell Neoplasias Revealed by Studies on IL-6 Deficient Mice
  • Ch. 16. Myocardial, Hematological, and Placental Disorders Caused by Targeted Disruption of gp130, A Common Signal Transducer for IL-6 Family of Cytokines
  • Ch. 17. NF-IL6 Knockout Mice
  • Ch. 18. Disruption of the LIF Receptor
  • Ch. 19. Phenotypes of TGF? Knockout Mice
  • Ch. 20. The Transforming Growth Factor-?1 Knockout Mouse: The Phenotype and Its Implications for TGF?1 Function
  • Ch. 21. Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulation Factor (GM-CSF)-Deficient Mice
  • Ch. 22. The In Vivo Role of the Receptors for IL-3, GM-CSF, and IL-5 (?c and ?IL3)
  • Ch. 23. GranulocyteColony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF)-Deficient Mice
  • Ch. 24. Reduction of Platelets and Megakaryocytes in c-mpl-Deficient Mice