Title | Immunological Approaches to Contraception and Promotion of Fertility [electronic resource] / edited by G. P. Talwar |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1986 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5140-5 |
Descript | X, 442 p. 68 illus. online resource |
Inaugural Remarks -- Inaugural Remarks -- Whence the Anti Hormones -- Immunological Approaches to Contraception: The Need, Basic Premise, and Overview -- Lack of Toxicological Effects Following Seven Years of Active Immunization of Rhesus Monkeys with the ?-Subunit of Ovine Luteinizing Hormone -- Reaction of a Chimpanzee to Immunization with oLH? -- Improved Immunogenic Formulations for Antigonadotropin Response -- A Fertility Regulating Vaccine Based on the Carboxyl-Terminal Peptide of the Beta Subunit of Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin -- Enhancement of Antibody Response to an Antigonadotropin Vaccine by Use of Adjuvants -- Rational Vaccine Design: Opportunities Offered by Molecular Genetics -- Cloning and Expression of Biologically Active Human Fertility Hormones -- Cloning and Expression of Lutropin Genes -- Development of oFSH as a Vaccine for the Male โ A Status Report on the Recent Researches Carried Out Using the Bonnet Monkey (M. Radiata) -- Immunization Against FSH as a Method of Male Contraception -- Effects of Active Immunization with Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) on Spermatogenesis in the Adult Crab Eating Monkey โ Evaluation for Male Contraception -- LHRH Immunoneutralization: Basic Studies and Prospects for Practical Application -- Immunization Against LHRH Without the Use of Freundโs Complete Adjuvant -- Sperm Antigens, Immunologic Infertility and Contraception -- Transformation of the Nucleus During Mammalian Spermatogenesis and. Fertilization: Implications for Contraceptive Development -- Sperm Antigens Related to Infertility -- Toward the Development of an Anti-Sperm Contraceptive Vaccine -- Contraceptive Effect of Two Anti-Sperm Monoclonal Antibodies, Administered Singly and in Combination, in the Mouse -- Monoclonal Antibodies Against Human Sperm -- The Potential Effectiveness and Safety of Second Generation Vaccines -- Factors Affecting the Generation and Contraceptive Effectiveness of Immune Responses to Sperm -- Immunosuppression of Fertility by LDH-C4 -- Characterization of an Antisperm Monoclonal Antibody Inducing Human Sperm Agglutination -- Molecular Genetics of the Mouse Zona Pellucida: Implications for Fertilization and Early Development -- Species Variation in the Zona Pellucida -- Immunohistological Studies During Immunization of Primates with Porcine Zona Pellucida: Preliminary Observations -- Antigenic Profile and Impact of Immunization with Zona Pellucida Antigens in Primates -- Effect of Immunization of Primates Against Porcine Zonae on Fertility and Hormone Profiles -- Prospects for Control of Fertility in the Female Dog by Active Immunization with Porcine Zona Pellucida Proteins -- Anti-GnRH Monoclonals: Pituitary and Extrapituitary Actions in Control of Fertility -- Purification of Human Gamete Antigenes Relevant to Antibody Production: Application of Monoclonal Antibodies -- Characteristics of Anti-Zona Monoclonal Antibodies -- Aggressive and Protective Immunological Reactions of the Pregnant Mother to the Conceptus -- Effects of Antibodies to Steroid Hormones on Reproductive Events of Sheep and Cattle -- The Relationship of Egg Production in the Chicken to Its Major Histocompatibility Complex -- Bovine Embryo: Development, Cloning, Sexing and Transfer of Genes -- Pregnancy Outcome in Human Couples with Idiopathic Recurrent Abortions: The Role(s) of Female Serum, Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Blocking Factors, Potentiating Factors, and Local Uterine Immunity Before and After Paternal Leukocyte Immunization -- Immunostimulation and the Promotion of Fertility -- Histocompatibility and Reproduction -- Valediction Immunocontraception โ From Romance to Reality