Title | Immunology and Blood Transfusion [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Symposium on Blood Transfusion, Groningen 1992, organized by the Red Cross Blood Bank Groningen-Drenthe / edited by C. Th. Smit Sibinga, P. C. Das, T. H. The |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1993 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3094-7 |
Descript | XIV, 303 p. online resource |
Cytokines and Cell Mediated Immunology -- Transfusion-induced Immune Tolerance -- Potential Involvement of Free Radical Reactions in Inactivating Antigen Presenting Cells by Ultraviolet-B Irradiation -- Alloimmunization and Platelet Transfusion Refractoriness -- Graft-versus-host Disease -- Anti-idiotypic Regulation of the Alloimmune Response in Patients Transfused with Platelet Concentrates -- Discussion -- Options for Prevention of T Cell Alloactivation by Blood Transfusions -- Use of Monoclonal Antibodies for Immune Purging in Bone Marrow Transplantation -- Reduction of the Immunogenic Capacity of Blood Components for the Prevention of Alloimmunization to White Cells -- The Effect of Platelets in Red Cell Concentrates on the Leukocyte Depletion Capacity of Leukocyte Depletion Filters -- Leukocyte Depletion of Red Cell Preparations: Fourth Filter Generation Leads to 41og Reduction. How Far Can/Should We Go? -- Immune Targeting of T-lymphocytes -- Humoral Functions of Immunoglobulin: Relationship to Purification Technology of Intravenous Immunoglobulin -- Immune Adsorption Chromatography for Protein Purification -- Discussion -- Immunological Principles in Routine Quality Control Immunocharacteristics and Function Tests -- The Emerging Role of MHC Molecules as Signal Transducing Receptors -- Flow Cytometry in Transfusion Medicine -- New Applications of Molecular Diagnostics in Laboratory Test Systems -- Discussion -- Prospects and Limitations of Adoptive Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy -- Clinical Strategies for the Prevention of Platelet Alloimmunization -- Immune Mediated Transfusion Reactions: Bystander Immune Cytolysis โ A Frequently Overlooked Mechanism of Hemolysis? -- Blood Transfusion and Cancer: Modulation or Tolerance? -- Blood Product Induced Immunomodulation and Its Clinical Consequences -- Transfusion Medicine and Immunological Research: Perspective for the Future -- Discussion