| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 316 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 632 |
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Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 632.
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| Contents |
Adipokines and the immune system : an adipocentric view / Robin MacLaren, Wei Cui, and Katherine Cianflone -- The role of complement in stroke therapy / Ricardo J. Komotar [and others] -- Food intake regulation by central complement system / Kousaku Ohinata and Masaaki Yoshikawa -- A pivotal role of activation of complement cascade (CC) in mobilization of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC) / Mariusz Z. Ratajczak [and others] -- Regulation of tissue inflammation by thrombin-activatable carboxypeptidase B (or TAFI) / Lawrence L.K. Leung, Toshihiko Nishimura, and Timothy Myles -- Interaction between the coagulation and complement system / Umme Amara [and others] -- Platelet mediated complement activation / Ellinor I.B. Peerschke, Wei Yin, Berhane Ghebrehiwet -- Adrenergic regulation of complement-induced acute lung injury / Michael A. Flierl [and others] -- Ficolins : structure, function, and associated diseases / Xiao-Lian Zhang, Mohammed A.M. Ali -- Complement factor H : using atomic resolution structure to illuminate disease mechanisms / Paul N. Barlow, Gregory S. Hageman, and Susan M. Lea -- Role of complement in motor neuron disease : animal models and therapeutic potential of complement inhibitors / Trent M. Woodruff [and others] -- The role of membrane complement regulatory proteins in cancer immunotherapy / Jun Yan [and others] -- Role of complement in ethanol-induced liver injury / Michele T. Pritchard [and others] -- Immune complex-mediated cytokine production is regulated by classical complement activation both in vivo and in vitro / Johan Rönnelid [and others] -- Subversion of innate immunity by periodontopathic bacteria via exploitation of complement receptor-3 / George Hajishengallis [and others] -- Staphyloccocal complement inhibitors : biological functions, recognition of complement components, and potential therapeutic implications / Brian V. Geisbrecht -- Human astrovirus coat protein : a novel C1 inhibitor / Neel K. Krishna and Kenji M. Cunnion -- Hypothesis : combined inhibition of complement and CD14 as treatment regimen to attenuate the inflammatory response / Tom Eirik Mollnes [and others] -- Targeting classical complement pathway to treat complement mediated autoimmune diseases / Erdem Tüzün [and others] -- Compstatin : a complement inhibitor on its way to clinical application / Daniel Ricklin and John D. Lambris -- Derivatives of human complement component C3 for therapeutic complement depletion : a novel class of therapeutic agents / David C. Fritzinger [and others] |
| Summary |
This book represents the proceedings from the Fourth Aegean Conferences Workshop on Complement Associated Diseases, Animal Models, and Therapeutics (June 10-15, 2007). The volume includes a collection of topics on the ""novel"" functions of complement |
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pathologie |
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pathology |
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infectieziekten |
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infectious diseases |
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microbiologie |
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microbiology |
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immunologie |
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immunology |
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biomedische wetenschappen |
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biomedicine |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Notes |
"Aegean conferences"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Complement (Immunology) -- Congresses
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Complement (Immunology) -- Therapeutic use -- Congresses
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Blood proteins -- Therapeutic use -- Congresses
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Complement System Proteins -- immunology
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MEDICAL -- Immunology.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Biomédecine.
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Blood proteins -- Therapeutic use
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Complement (Immunology)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lambris, J. D. (John D.)
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| ISBN |
9780387789521 |
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0387789529 |
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