Louis R. Bucalo / Howard S. Jaffe / Stephen A. Sherwin (eds.)

Anti-Infective Applications of Interferon-Gamma

Herausgeber: Jaffe, H S; Sherwin, S a; Bucalo, L R

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This reference spotlights the immunologic aspects of applying interferon-gamma to the treatment of infectious diseases - revealing the current knowledge of the biology and potential utility of interferon-gamma.;Written by more than 30 leading investigators in the field, Anti-Infective Applications of Interferon-Gamma: presents information according to specific patient populations and pathogens; focuses on only the most promising of emerging therapeutic agents; furnishes a detailed update of the pleiotropic role of interferon-gamma in host defense; and studies clinical and preclinical experiences in a broad variety of disease indications.;Containing over 900 bibliographic citations for further research, this book should be useful for infectious disease specialists, pharmacologists, immunologists, surgeons, pediatricians, parasitologists, hematologists, virologists, microbiologists, pathologists, oncologists and tropical medicine specialists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 149mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780824786885
• ISBN-10: 0824786882
• Artikelnr.: 21727595

Autorenporträt

H.S. Jaffe, L.R. Bucalo and S.A. Sherwin

Inhaltsangabe

The interferons - a clinical overview
Howard S. Jaffe. Part 1 Target populations: interferon-gamma treatment of chronic granulomatous disease
Allen E. Izu
et al; infection associated with the surgical care of the major trauma victim
Hiram C. Polk
et al; potential role of interferon-gamma in human immunodeficiency virus-associated disease
David Aboulafia and Ronald T. Mitsuyasu; interferon-gamma in the neonate
Harry R. Hill; atopic dermatitis
Mark Boguniewicz and Donald Leung. Part 2 Target infections: protozoan infections - the role of interferon-gamma in resistance against toxoplasma gondii
Carlos S. Subauste and Jack S. Remington
leishmaniasis and interferon-gamma
Susan M. Kramer
interferon-gamma in trypanosoma cruzi infections
Steven G. Reed and Joao Santana da Silva
interferon-gamma and immunity to malaria sporozoites - implications for the development of synthetic vaccines
Louis Schofield; viral infections - interferon-gamma for human papillomavirus infection
Philip Kirby and Lawrence Corey
herpes simplex as a target for anti-infective applications of interferon-gamma - perclinical in vitro and in vivo observations
Ann M. Arvin
the role of interferon in cytomegalovirus infection
Richard C. Gehrz
interferons and Epstein-Barr virus infection
Motohiko Okano and David T. Purtilo; bacterial infections - treatment of lepromatous leprosy within recombinant interferon-gamma
Carl F. Nathan
interferon-gamma and the control of intracellular chlamydia replication
Gerald I. Byrne and Julius Schachter
influence of interferon-gamma on legionella pneumophilia - mononuclear phagocyte interaction
Marcus A. Horwitz; fungal infections - interferon-gamma and fungal infections
David A. Stevens. Part 3 Target treatment strategies: interferon-gamma as an adjuvant for vaccines
A.W. Heath and J.H.L. Playfair.