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Main description:
Leading clinicians and scientists in solid organ transplantation review the current status of the field and describe cutting-edge techniques for detecting the immune response to the allografted organ. The authors present the latest techniques for HLA typing, detecting HLA antibodies, and monitoring T-cell response, and examine more specialized methods utilizing proteomics, laser dissection microscopy, and real-time polymerase chain reaction. The area of tolerance induction and reprogramming of the immune system is also covered, along with a discussion of up-to-date methods of organ preservation, of today's optimal immunosuppressive drug regimens, as well as the difficulty of mimicking chronic rejection in experimental models. Introductory chapters provide a theoretical update on current practices in renal, liver, islet, and lung transplantation and on the pathways of antigen presentation and chronic rejection.
Contents:
Current Status of Renal Transplantation
Christopher J. Callaghan and J. Andrew Bradley
Current Status of Liver Transplantation
Peter J. Friend and Charles J. Imber
Current Status of Clinical Islet Cell Transplantation
Jonathan R. T. Lakey, Mohammadreza Mirbolooki, and A. M. James Shapiro
Current Status of Lung Transplantation
Allan R. Glanville
Chronic Rejection in the Heart
Philip Hornick and Marlene Rose
Direct and Indirect Allorecognition
Philip Hornick
HLA Typing and Its Influence on Organ Transplantation
Stephen Sheldon and Kay Poulton
Strategies for Gene Transfer to Solid Organs: Viral Vectors
Charlotte Lawson
Nonviral Vectors
Louise Collins
Detection and Clinical Relevance of Antibodies After Transplantation
John D. Smith and Marlene Rose
Reprogramming the Immune System Using Antibodies
Luis Graca and Herman Waldmann
In Vitro Assays for Immune Monitoring in Transplantation
Maria P. Hernandez-Fuentes and Alan Salama
Proteomics and Laser Microdissection
Emma McGregor and Ayesha De Souza
Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction in Cardiac Transplant Research
Leanne E. Felkin, Anne B. Taegtmeyer, and Paul J. R. Barton
Organ Preservation
Mark Hicks, Alfred Hing, Ling Gao, Jonathon Ryan, and Peter S. MacDonald
Pharmacological Manipulation of the Rejection Response
Peter Mark Anthony Hopkins
Experimental Models of Graft Arteriosclerosis
Bezhad Soleimani and Victor C. Shi
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: December, 2010
Pages: 440
Weight: 640g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Immunology
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