Infection, immune homeostasis and immune privilege [electronic resource] / Joan Stein-Streilein, editor.
Organs and tissues that can tolerate little or no inflammation have developed multiple overlapping mechanisms of immune protection in the absence of inflammation. These areas have been designated "immune-privileged sites" by Peter Medawar and include the central nervous system, eye, reprod...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via Springer) |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Basel ; New York :
Springer,
©2012.
|
| Series: | Birkhäuser advances in infectious diseases.
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- The Eye as a Model for Immune Privilege / Linda D. Hazlett and Joan Stein-Streilein
- Immune Privilege of the Testis: Meaning, Mechanisms, and Manifestations / Mark Peter Hedger
- The Role of Intrauterine Immune Privilege in Perinatal Infectious Diseases / Takeshi Nagamatsu and Danny J. Schust
- The Liver as an Immune-Privileged Site / Dirk Wohlleber and Percy A. Knolle
- Immune Homeostasis of the Lung: The Role of Regulatory NKT Cells in Asthma / Ya-Jen Chang, Rosemarie H. DeKruyff and Dale T. Umetsu
- Immune Homeostasis of the Gut / Joanna Wroblewska and Cathryn Nagler.
- Infection, Immune Homeostasis and Immune Privilege; Preface; Contents; Contributors; The Eye as a Model for Immune Privilege; 1 Introduction; 2 Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses; 3 Ocular (Innate) Immune Privilege: Mechanisms That Contribute to Host Defense but Lack Inflammatory Qualities; 4 Immunosuppressive Environment of the Eye; 4.1 Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGFβ); 4.2 Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone (αMSH); 4.3 Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP); 4.4 Substance P (SP); 4.5 Complement System; 5 Immune Regulatory Molecules Expressed by Ocular Stromal and Innate Immune Cells.