TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Infection, Immune Homeostasis and Immune Privilege
T2  - Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases,
A2  - Stein-Streilein, Joan.
A2  - Stein-Streilein, Joan.
LA  - English
PP  - Basel
PB  - Springer Basel : Imprint: Springer
YR  - 2012
ED  - 1st ed. 2012.
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-3-0348-0445-5
AB  - Organs and tissues that can tolerate little or no inflammation have developed multiple overlapping mechanisms of immune protection in the absence of inflammation. These areas have been designated “immune-privileged sites” by Peter Medawar and include the central nervous system, eye, reproductive tract, testis and possibly the liver. Mechanisms of immune homeostasis found in less immune-regulated organs are often evident in the immune privileged sites and vice versa. It is important that the non-inflammatory mechanisms that contribute to immune privilege allow host defense against infectious organisms. This volume highlights the mechanisms leading to immune privilege in tissues and organs, the deviation of immune responses and the modification of the behavior of the immune cells that manage to cross the blood barriers of tissues, in the context of infection.
OP  - 156
CN  - QH506
SN  - 9783034804455
KW  - Molecular biology.
KW  - Medical microbiology.
KW  - Molecular Medicine.
KW  - Medical Microbiology.
ER  -