Author | Steiniger, Birte. author |
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Title | Microanatomy and Function of the Spleen [electronic resource] / by Birte Steiniger, Peter Barth |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57088-9 |
Descript | VI, 96 p. 21 illus., 19 illus. in color. online resource |
1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Animal Spleens -- 2.2 Human Spleens -- 2.3 Antibodies -- 2.4 Single Staining Procedure for Immunohistology -- 2.5 Double Staining Procedure for Immunohistology -- 2.6 Demonstration of Acid Phosphatase in Cryostat Sections -- 2.7 Demonstration of Alkaline Phosphatase in Cryostat Sections -- 3 Microanatomical Compartments of the Rat Spleen -- 3.1 White Pulp -- 3.2 Red Pulp and Splenic Vessels -- 3.3 Summary -- 4 Microanatomical Compartments of the Human Spleen -- 4.1 White Pulp -- 4.2 Red Pulp and Splenic Vessels -- 4.3 Summary -- 5 Function of Splenic Compartments -- 5.1 Splenic White Pulp Compartments during Primary T Cell-Dependent Antibody Responses against Protein Antigens -- 5.2 Function of the Marginal Zone during Primary Antibody Responses against T Cell-Independent Type 2 Antigens -- 5.3 Function of the Red Pulp -- 5.4 Role of the Spleen in CD8+ Cytotoxic T Cell Responses -- 5.5 The Spleen, Natural Killer Cells and Gamma/Delta T Cells -- 6 Recirculation of Lymphocytes Through the Spleen -- 6.1 Summary -- 7 The Role of Cytokines and Chemokines in the Development of Splenic Compartments -- 7.1 Summary -- 8 Unsolved Problems of Human Splenic Structure and Function -- 8.1 Arterial Blood Supply to the Splenic Follicles and to the Perifollicular Zone -- 8.2 Blood Circulation in the Splenic Red Pulp: Subpopulations of Fibroblasts and their Role -- 8.3 Function of Sheathed Capillaries -- 8.4 Lymphocyte Migration in the Human Splenic White Pulp โ A Hypothesis -- 9 Summary -- References