Modulation of MHC antigen expression and disease /

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Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Description:xviii, 440 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2415500
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Other authors / contributors:Blair, G. Eric.
Pringle, Craig R.
Maudsley, D. John.
ISBN:0521495784 (hardback)
0521499216 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. General introduction to the MHC
  • 2. Organisation of the MHC
  • 3. Interactions of cytokines in the regulation of MHC class I and class II antigen expression
  • 4. Control of MHC class I gene expression
  • 5. Control of MHC class II gene expression
  • 6. Modulation of MHC antigen expression by viruses
  • 7. Modulation of MHC antigen expression by retroviruses
  • 8. Modulation of MHC class I antigen expression in adenovirus expression and transformation
  • 9. MHC expression in HPV-associated cervical cancer
  • 10. Inhibition of the cellular response to interferon by hepatitus B virus polymerase
  • 11. Cellular adhesion molecules and MHC antigens in cells infected with Epstein Barr virus: implications for immune recognition
  • 12. Effect of human cytomegalovirus infection on the expression of MHC class I antigens and adhesion molecules: potential role in immune evasion and immunopathology
  • 13. Oncogenes and MHC class I expression
  • 14. Mechanisms of tumour cell killing and the role of MHC antigens in experimental model systems
  • 15. Manipulation of MHC antigens by gene transfection and cytokine stimulation: a possible approach for pre-selection of suitable patients for cytokine therapy
  • 16. Overexpression of MHC proteins in pancreatic islets: a link between cytokines, viruses, the breach of tolerance and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus?
  • 17. The role of cytokines in contributing to MHC antigen expression in rheumatoid arthritis
  • 18. Expression of an MHC antigen in the central nervous system: an animal model for demyelinating diseases