This third edition of How the Immune System Works provides an introduction to the essential principles of the immune system. New features of the third edition include: More material on cancer and the immune system; Expanded coverage of immune system regulation with a chapter "Tu…
"Although inflammation is one of the body's first responses to infection, overactive immune responses can cause chronic inflammatory diseases. Long-term low-grade inflammation has also been identified as a risk factor for other diseases. Diet, immunity and inflammation provides …
Advances in Immunology, a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. Articles address the wide range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, …
"The vast majority of medically important pathogens infect their host across a body surface such as the skin, or across a mucosal tissue such as the respiratory tract or intestines, as these sites are the ones exposed to the external environment. By focusing on immunity at mucos…
This book compiles the scientific content of the International Symposium on Energy & Protein Metabolism and Nutrition, in Rostock-Warnemünde 13th-18th September 2003. Specialists from all over the world working in energy and protein metabolism research were assembled to discuss …
This book deals with trace elements, such as cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, selenium and zinc which are essential to modern animal nutrition, but are increasingly detrimental to soil and water quality in today's globalized production. The goal in finding a sustainable balance …
Animal production is constantly changing. Over recent years, feed costs have increased significantly. Furthermore, today more emphasis is being placed on the health and welfare of production animals and birds, and in particular to the risk of zoonoses and potential food scares. …
The 15 lectures in this book provide an introduction to the ‘bigger picture’, followed by practical discussion on how each of the components interacts with one another. This book has been rigorously updated for its fourth edition to reflect today’s immunology teaching and includ…
Discusses the role of nutrients as important cofactors and regulators of immune response. Topics covered include expression of nutrient interaction in immune function; the effect of nutritional conditioning on immune response; nutrient modulation of immune response in human deve…
Accompanying Digital Learning Guide CD-ROM is an interactive, automated program that organizes key information from the textbook, paces you through learning the material, and then allows you to quiz yourself and assess your progress.
Covers both the foundation concepts of immunology, among the most exciting in modern biology and medicine, and their application to the real world of diseases and health. This new text combines clear narratives of how the immune system functions relying in many instances on supp…
Martin shows how Americans' ideas about health and immunity have changed dramatically since the 1940s and how "flexibility" has become a valued commodity--both in health and in business.
Martin shows how Americans' ideas about health and immunity have changed dramatically since the 1940s and how "flexibility" has become a valued commodity--both in health and in business.
by Ezekowitz, R. Alan B., Hoffmann, J., (Jules)
fromInfectious disease (Totowa, N.J.)
by Ezekowitz, R. Alan B., Hoffmann, J., (Jules)
fromInfectious disease (Totowa, N.J.)
Humans share a common template for innate immunity-the first-line defense that serves to limit infection immediately after exposure to microorganisms-with life forms as diverse as flowering plants and insects. In Innate Immunity, leading basic researchers explore host-pathogen i…
