Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Immunosuppression - Role in Health and Diseases

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Academic Editor

Suman Kapur
Suman Kapur

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani,
India

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Maristela Portela
Maristela Portela

Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

Published24 February 2012

Doi10.5772/1897

ISBN978-953-51-0152-9

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6849-2

Copyright year2012

Number of pages486

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Role of Opioidergic System in Humoral Immune Response

By Suman Kapur, Anuradha Pal and Shashwat Sharad

2,886
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2. Endotoxin Tolerance as a Key Mechanism for Immunosuppression

By Subhra K. Biswas and Irina N. Shalova

3,859
1
3. Spleen Tyrosine Kinase: A Novel Target in Autoimmunity

By Stephen P. McAdoo and Frederick W. K. Tam

3,115
4. Genetic Variation in AhR Gene Related to Dioxin Sensitivity in the Japanese Field Mouse, Apodemus speciosus

By Hiroko Ishiniwa, Kazuhiro Sogawa, Ken-ichi Yasumoto, Nobuhiko Hoshi, Toshifumi Yokoyama,Ken Tasaka and Tsuneo Sekijima

2,042
4,554
7. Immunodepression and Immunosuppression During Aging

By Véronique Thomas-Vaslin, Adrien Six, Hang-Phuong Pham, Cira Dansokho, Wahiba Chaara, Bruno Gouritin, Bertrand Bellier and David Klatzmann

3,383
2
10. Immunosuppression in Helminth Infection

By Maria Doligalska and Katarzyna Donskow-Łysoniewska

3,591
11. Microbial Immunosuppression

By Mohamed G. Elfaki, Abdullah A. Al-Hokail and Abdelmageed M. Kambal

2,928
3,903
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13. Immunoregulation: A Proposal for an Experimental Model

By Marcela Šperanda and Ivica Valpotić

2,200
14. Cellular Therapies for Immunosuppression

By Nathalie Cools, Viggo F. I. Van Tendeloo and Zwi N. Berneman

1,999
15. Low Immunogenic Potential of Human Neural Stem Cells

By L. De Filippis, L. Rota Nodari and Maurizio Gelati

2,177
16. Current Immunosuppression in Abdominal Organ Transplantation

By Raffaele Girlanda, Cal S. Matsumoto, Keith J. Melancon and Thomas M. Fishbein

2,433
1
17. Induction Therapy in Renal Transplant Recipients

By Cheguevara Afaneh, Meredith J. Aull, Sandip Kapur and David B. Leeser

4,410
3,677
21. HIV/AIDS Associated Malignant Disorders: Role of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

By Angel Mayor, Yelitza Ruiz, Diana Fernández and Robert Hunter-Mellado

2,405

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