IMMUNOLOGY IN CLINIC PRACTICE -- IMMUNOLOGY IN CLINIC PRACTICE -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON IMMUNOLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS -- PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS -- PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- OVERVIEW OF RECENT IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY CLINICS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. NORMAL PREGNANCY -- 2. MATERNAL FETAL IMMUNOLOGY -- 3. PREGNANCY AND AUTOIMMUNITY -- 4. IMMUNOLOGICALLY MEDIATED ABORTION -- 5. PREECLAMPSIA AND IMMUNOLOGY -- 6. ENDOMETRIOSIS AND IMMUNOLOGY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON IMMUNOLOGY AND GERIATRICS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- AGE RELATED CHANGES IN IMMUNE SYSTEM -- 1. Age Related Changes in Immunity -- 2. Age Related Changes in Primary Lymphoid Organs -- 2.1. Bone Marrow -- 2.2. Thymus -- 3. Age Releted Changes in Secondary Lymphoid Organs -- 4. Adaptive Immunity in Ageing -- 4.1. T Cells -- 4.2. B Cells -- 4.3. Dendritic Cells -- 5. Innate Immunity in Ageing -- 5.1. Macrophages -- 5.2. Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes -- 5.3. Natural Killer Cells -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- IMMUNOLOGY IN CARDIOLOGY AND PULMONARY MEDICINE CLINICS: RECENT PROGRESS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IMMUNITY IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS -- Role of Innate Immunity -- Role of Adaptive Immunity -- Role of Humoral Immunity -- Protective Immunity Aganist Atherosclerosis -- Immunity in Plaque Stability -- IMMUNITY IN CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY -- Immunologic Characteristics -- Cellular Mediated Rejection -- Humoral Mediated Rejection -- IMMUNITY IN RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE -- Humoral Immune Response -- Cellular Immune Response -- Cytokines in RHD -- RECENT PROGRESS IN PULMONARY MEDICINE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- OVERVIEW OF RECENT IMMUNOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN OPHTHALMOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

Ocular Surface Immunity -- Intraocular Immunology -- IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF GLAUCOMA -- IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY: LATEST ADVANCES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Intracerebral Regulation of Immune Responses -- Complement in Central Nervous System -- Cytokines in Central Nervous System -- Neurotrophic Cross-talk between the Immune and Central Nervous System -- B Cells in Central Nervous System -- Macrophages in Central Nervous System -- Chemokines in Central Nervous System -- Immunology in Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Pathway -- Immunology in Multiple Sclerosis -- Autoimmune and Paraneoplastic Channelopathies -- Tumor Immunology and Target Immunotherapy for Central Nervous System Malignancies -- Immunotherapy for Paraneoplastic Neurological Disorders -- Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Neurological Disorders -- Plasma Exchange in Neuroimmunological Disorders -- PSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVES OF BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM -- Immune System -- Regulation of Immunity -- Cytokines -- Behavioral Effects of Cytokines -- Depressed Mood Caused by Immune Activation -- Immunological Research in Psychiatry -- BRAIN-IMMUNE INTERACTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS IN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS -- EFFECTS OF STRESS ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON IMMUNOLOGY AND ENDOCRINOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RELATION BETWEEN IMMUNE SYSTEM AND HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS -- SEX STEROIDS AND IMMUNE SYSTEM -- Cellular Immunity -- T Cells -- Monocytes -- Dendritic Cells -- Neutrophils -- Natural Killer (NK) Cells -- Humoral Immunity -- B Cells -- BONE METABOLISM AND IMMUNE SYSTEM -- OBESITY AND IMMUNE FUNCTIONS -- IMMUNE SYSTEM AND REGULATION OF HYPOTHALAMUS-PITUITARY-THYROID AXIS.

Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- IMMUNOLOGY IN HEMATOLOGY: RECENT ADVANCES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS -- ABO Blood Group System -- Antibodies Belonging to ABO System -- RH SYSTEM -- Rh Antigens -- Rh Antibodies -- Other Red Cell Antigens -- Lewis System -- Kell Blood Group System -- Duffy System -- Kidd System -- Lutheran System -- MNSs System -- ERYTHROCYTES ANTIBODIES -- Natural and Immune Antibodies -- Complete and Incomplete Antibodies -- Direct Coombs Test -- Indirect Coombs Test -- Alloantibodies and Autoantibodies -- The results of Erythrosite-Antibody Interaction -- 1. Opsonic Adherence and Phagocytosis -- 2. Full Activation of Complement Cascade -- 3. Cold Agglutination -- HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTIONS -- Early Transfusion Reactions -- Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions due to Immune Mechanisms (Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions) -- Non-Hemolytic Febrile Transfusion Reactions -- Allergic Transfusion Reactions -- Anaphylactic Transfusion Reactions -- Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Infection (TRALI) -- Transfusion Reaction not Related to Nonimmune Mechanisms -- Acute Bacterial Transfusion Reaction -- Late Complications Related to Blood Transfusion -- Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions -- Transfusion Related Graft Versus Host Disease (TR-GVHD) -- Transfusion Related Immunomodulation (TRIM) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.