VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY -- VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: MUCOSAL INTESTINAL IMMUNITY AND RESPONSE TO PARASITE INFECTIONS IN ECTOTHERMIC VERTEBRATES -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. IMMUNE MECHANISMS AT THE MUCOSAL SURFACE -- 3. OTHER INNATE DEFENCES AT THE MUCOSAL INTESTINAL SYSTEM -- 4. INFLAMMATION AND SOME RELATED PATHWAYS -- 5. CELLULAR COMPONENTS IN THE INTESTINAL MUCOSAL SYSTEM -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: UNRAVELING THE GENETICS OF BOVINE JOHNE'S DISEASE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM HUMAN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MAP AND THE BOVINE IMMUNE RESPONSE -- PATHOLOGICAL SIMILARITIES BETWEEN JOHNE'S DISEASE AND CROHN'S DISEASE -- A GENETIC BASIS FOR MAMMALIAN IBDS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: CHARACTERIZATION OF FLATFISH MX PROTEINS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. INTERFERON MEDIATED RESPONSE -- 3. FLATFISH MX PROTEINS -- 4. FUTURE STUDIES ON FLATFISH MX PROTEINS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: ADVANCES IN DNA VACCINATION: DESIGN, IMMUNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PROOF OF CONCEPT: PRECLINICAL STUDIES -- FROM THE BENCH TO THE FIELD -- MECHANISM OF ACTION -- OPTIMIZED APPROACHES TO VACCINE DESIGN -- LIMITATIONS AND SAFETY CONCERNS OF DNA VACCINES -- DNA PURIFICATION METHODS AND QUALITY CONTROL -- ADVANTAGES OF DNA VACCINES -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: NATURAL RESISTANCE AND INNATE IMMUNITY IN BRUCELLOSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- I. NATURAL RESISTANCE TO BRUCELLOSIS -- II. MACROPHAGE ACTIVITY DURING BRUCELLA INFECTION -- III. OTHER INNATE IMMUNITY EFFECTOR CELLS -- IV. OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE -- V. PATHOGEN RECOGNITION BY THE HOST -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 6: EXPERIMENTAL PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AND IMMUNE INHIBITORY SIGNALS: A POTENTIAL ROLE FOR PD1-PD1-LIGAND INTERPLAY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: SOCIAL STRESS, IMMUNE FUNCTIONS AND IMMUNO-ENDOCRINE DISORDERS IN RODENTS AND OTHER ANIMALS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIALITY, STRESS AND PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY -- EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES: RODENTS -- EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES: OTHER ANIMALS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: NEUROIMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ANIMAL MODELS IN NEUROIMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH, A CASE FOR NON-HUMAN PRIMATES -- NON-HUMAN PRIMATES AS MODELS OF HUMAN NEURO-INFLAMMATORY DISEASE -- CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE MARMOSET EAE MODEL -- GENETIC REGULATION OF EAE SUSCEPTIBILITY IN MARMOSETS -- IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN THE CHRONIC DISEASE -- EFFICACY OF ANTIBODY THERAPY TARGETING THE ACTIVATION OF TH1 CELLS -- PERSPECTIVES FOR MODELING THE EFFECT OF EXTERNAL FACTORS ON EAE IN MARMOSETS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.