During the past decades, with the introduction of the recombinant DNA, hybridoma and transgenic technologies there has been an exponential evolution in understanding the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of a large number of human diseases. The technologies are evident with the development of cytokines andmonoclonal antibodies as therapeutic agents and the techniques used in gene therapy. Immunopharmacology is that area biomedical sciences where immunology, pharmacology and pathology overlap. It concerns the pharmacological approach to the immune response in physiological as well as pathological events. This goals and objectives of this textbook are to emphasize the developments in immunology and pharmacology as they relate to the modulation of immune response. Emphasizes the developments in immunology and pharmacology as related to the modulation of immune response Figure-heavy, with four-color throughout INDICE: 1 Overview of the immune response.- 2 Role of cytokines.- 3 Cytokine receptors and signaling.- 4 Immunosuppressive agents.- 5 Monoclonal Antibodies as therapeutic agents.- 6 Allergic disease.- 7 Tissue Transplantation.- 8 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.- 9 Regulatory T cells and Disease State.-10 Gene Therapy.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-77975-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 215
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés