Microbial Infections Role of Biological Response Modifiers / edited by Herman Friedman, Thomas W. Klein, Hideyo Yamaguchi.

This volume is based on the Proceedings of the International Conference on "Microbial Infections: Role of Biological Response Modifiers" held in Tampa, FL, May 29-31, 1991. The major purpose of this conference was to bring together in one forum prominent investigators from around the world...

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Other Authors: Friedman, Herman (Editor), Klein, Thomas W. (Editor), Yamaguchi, Hideyo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Edition:1st ed. 1992.
Series:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 319
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Table of Contents:
  • Immunomodulatory Drugs of Relevance to the Management of Microbial Infections
  • Recent Thoughts on the Immunotherapy of Infectious Diseases Including HIV Infection
  • Indentification and Characterization of Mammalian Cell Membrane Receptors for LPS-Endotoxin
  • Bacterial Polysaccharides, Endotoxins, and Immunomodulation
  • Immunomodulation of C3H/HeJ Cells by Endotoxin Associated Protein and Lipopolysaccharide Endotoxin
  • Bacterial Protein-LPS Complexes and Immunomodulation
  • Suppression of Antibody Forming Cells by Lipid A Analogs
  • BRM Activities of Low-Toxic Bordetella pertussis Lipopolysaccharides
  • Interleukin-2 and the Regulation of Activated Macrophage Cytotoxic Activities
  • Protective Effects of Cytokines in Murine Salmonellosis
  • Legionella pneumophila Infection and Cytokine Production
  • Cytokine Activation of Killer Cells in Mycrobacterial Immunity
  • T Cell-Monocyte Interactions Induced by Listeria monocytogenes
  • Antigen Specific Suppressor T Cells Respond to Cytokines Released by T Cells
  • “Inverse” Effects of Cortisone in Experimental Infection of Mice
  • Bacterial Cell Surface Biological Response Modifiers and Their Synthetic Counterparts
  • Determination of the Antiinfectious Activity of RU 41740 (Biostim) as an Example of an Immunomodulator
  • MDP Derivatives and Resistance to Bacterial Infections in Mice
  • Therapeutic and Prophylactic Effects of Romurtide Against Experimental Animal Infections
  • Enhancement of Host Resistance to Opportunistic Infections by Ubenimex (Bestatin)
  • Potentiation of Host Resistance Against Microbial Infections by Lentinan and its Related Polysaccharides
  • Cytokines and Antifungal Immunity
  • Cryptococcal Immunity and Immunostimulation
  • Immunomodulators and Fungal Infections: Use of Antifungal Drugs in Combination with G-CSF
  • Biologic Response Modifiers as Antivirals in Immunosuppressed Hosts
  • Stimulation of Host-Defense Mechanism with Synthetic Adjuvants and Recombinant Cytokines Against Viral Infections in Mice
  • ADF (Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Derived Factor)/Human Thioredoxin and Viral Infection: Possible New Therapeutic Approach
  • Antiviral and Adjuvant Activity of Immunomodulator Adamantylamide Dipeptide
  • Immunomodulation by Medicinal Plants
  • Immunomodulating Effects of Polysaccharides from Medicinal Plants
  • Effects of Sho-saiko-to on Cytokine Cascade and Arachidonic Acid Cascade
  • Effects of Medicinal Plants on Hemopoietic Cells
  • Multiple Immunological Functions of Extracts from the Cone of Japanese White Pine, Pinus parviflora Sieb, et Zucc
  • Biological Response Modifiers in Infectious Diseases: Prospectives for the Future.