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Immunological Aspects of Gastroenterology

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Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are common. There is increasing appreciation of the importance of the immune system in the pathogenesis of a number of these diseases. This book covers basic aspects of innate and adaptive immunity in the gastrointestinal tract, oral tolerance, and cellular and molecular mechanisms of acute and chronic inflammation. Specific disease covered include bacterial infections, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, coeliac disease, and inflammatory bowel disease. Other topics include mucosal immunisation and intestinal transplantation immunology.
The readership of this book includes clinicians, scientists, and students interested in the gastrointestinal tract.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Intestinal mucosal innate immunity.- 2. Adaptive immunity in the gastrointestinal tract.- 3. Role of epithelial cells in mucosal immunobiology.- 4. Molecular immunology of mucosal T cells.- 5. Bacterial virulence mechanisms and the host immune response to enteric infection.- 6. HIV Infection of the gastrointestinal tract.- 7. Immunological aspects of Helicobacter pylori infection.- 8. Molecular pathogenesis and clinical immmunology of coeliac disease.- 9. Immunopathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease.- 10. Rodent models of chronic intestinal inflammation.- 11. Regulation of intestinal immune responses to local antigens: oral tolerance vs immunopathology.- 12. Mucosal immunisation and vaccines.- 13. Transplantation immunology and the gut.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Yashwant Madida is a Professor in Medicine and Consultant Physician/Gastroenterologist at the University of Nottingham and University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham. He obtained his medical qualification from the University of Liverpool and has worked in London, Oxford, and Boston (USA). His main areas of interest are inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract and cellular and molecular aspects of host-microbial interactions.

Zusammenfassung

Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are common. There is increasing appreciation of the importance of the immune system in the pathogenesis of a number of these diseases. This book covers basic aspects of innate and adaptive immunity in the gastrointestinal tract, oral tolerance, and cellular and molecular mechanisms of acute and chronic inflammation. Specific disease covered include bacterial infections, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, coeliac disease, and inflammatory bowel disease. Other topics include mucosal immunisation and intestinal transplantation immunology.
The readership of this book includes clinicians, scientists, and students interested in the gastrointestinal tract.

Produktdetails

Mitarbeit Y. R. Mahida (Herausgeber), Y.R. Mahida (Herausgeber), R Mahida (Herausgeber), Y R Mahida (Herausgeber)
Verlag Springer Netherlands
 
Sprache Englisch
Produktform Taschenbuch
Erschienen 18.10.2013
 
EAN 9789401038522
ISBN 978-94-0-103852-2
Seiten 359
Abmessung 160 mm x 20 mm x 240 mm
Gewicht 600 g
Illustration XI, 359 p.
Serien Immunology and Medicine
Immunology and Medicine
Themen Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Klinische Fächer

B, Immunology, Diseases, Gastroenterology, Infectious & contagious diseases, infectious diseases, Biomedical and Life Sciences

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