Graham Pawelec 2007 Human immunosenescence contributes to morbidity and mortality in later life. The age-associated increasing incidence of cancer and cardiovascular disease plateaus at around 80 years of age in industrialised countries, hut death due to infectious disease continues to increase up to 100 years of age and beyond.
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Weihua Gong Editor 2015 With the rapid development of microsurgery and molecular biology, rodent transplant models have become increasingly popular. Transplantation in rodents is the most useful in studying transplant immunobiology, in which more immunological tools can be utilized.
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Edited by Ronald R. Watson Sherma Zibadi Victor R. Preedy 2010 The Strategic Plan of the United States’ National Institute of Health stresses the pursuit of mechanistic studies as an overarching priority. Among the basic mechanisms identified as needing exploration are immune-focused studies. Many dietary components are believed to exert their activities by modulating immune function.
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Paul-Peter Tak Editor 2009 During the past decades important breakthroughs have been made in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). First, the implementation of low-dose methotrexate and other conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs was introduced as an effective treatment.
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Edited by Henry J. Kaminski 2009 The objective of the second edition of Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders is identical to the first, to provide the clinician and the scientist a common source for understanding the complex disorder, myasthenia gravis (MG). Although the first edition appeared in 2003, there have been surprising advances in the field that recommend […]
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Rikard Holmdahl Editor 2006
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Edited by J.M. Weinberg and R. Buchholz 2006 Over the last decade, the advent of biologic agents has greatly revolutionized therapeutic medicine in the management of chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and psoriasis. Elucidation of the complex web of cytokine network and the roles of these cytokines in the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders provided one […]
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Christopher G. Janson Matthew J. During 2006 When this book project was first contemplated, some of the molecules and applications discussed in this volume (such as mammalian siRNA) did not yet exist, which speaks to the relative progress in the antisense field and the likelihood that fiirther chemical modifications of existing classes of molecules will lead to even more […]
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Edited by M. Eric Gershwin John M. Vierling and Michael P. Manns 2007 Recognition of the importance of the liver to health by Babylonians in the 19th century BCE stands in stark contrast to the relative obscurity of the liver in the minds of most educated adults today. Medical appreciation of the vital nature of the liver’s diverse functions continues […]
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Edited by Gordon D. Brown and Mihai G. Netea 2007 The history of mankind has been shaped by infections, more than by war and famine together. At the same time, however, the development of society has had an equally important effect on human diseases.
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