{"product_id":"antibodies-for-infectious-diseases-isbn-9781555817350","title":"Antibodies for Infectious Diseases","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eState-of-the-art reviews covering major aspects of antibodies and intervention against infectious diseases\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe connection between antibodies and infectious diseases has spawned entire related fields of study. \u003ci\u003eAntibodies for Infectious Diseases\u003c\/i\u003e presents perspectives from leading research scientists and summarizes the amazing progress in this area into a single definitive source.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding a broad survey of the most important aspects of the field of antibodies for infectious diseases, this book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003epresents general features pertaining to structure, function, isotype, and the role of complement in antibody function\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexamines the role of antibodies in antimicrobial immunity with specific targets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edetails new methods for expression of monoclonal antibodies, in plants or by transfer of antibody genes for in vivo expression in treated subjects\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntibodies for Infectious Diseases\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive reference for researchers, pharmaceutical developers, and health care professionals on the status of the development of antibody-based therapies for treating infectious diseases. It is also useful as supplemental reading for upper level life sciences students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you are looking for online access to the latest clinical microbiology content, please visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/learn\/clinmicronow\"\u003ewww.wiley.com\/learn\/clinmicronow\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 History and Practice: Antibodies in Infectious Diseases\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeneral Features of Immunoglobulins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Functions of Antibodies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Antibody Structure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Role of Complement in Antibody Therapy for Infectious Diseases\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Immunoglobulin E and Allergy: Antibodies in Immune Inflammation and Treatment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntibody Discovery Approaches\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Phage and Yeast Display\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Efficient Methods To Isolate Human Monoclonal Antibodies from Memory B Cells and Plasma Cells\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Use of Human Hybridoma Technology To Isolate Human Monoclonal Antibodies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Humanized Mice for Studying Human Immune Responses and Generating Human Monoclonal Antibodies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Antibodies: Computer-Aided Prediction of Structure and Design of Function\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePathogen-Specific Antibodies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Antibodies Targeting the Envelope of HIV-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Committing the Oldest Sins in the Newest Kind of Ways—Antibodies Targeting the Influenza Virus Type A Hemagglutinin Globular Head\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection: From Vaccine to Antibody\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Human Metapneumovirus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Dengue Antibody-Dependent Enhancement: Knowns and Unknowns\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Immunotherapeutic Approaches To Prevent Cytomegalovirus-Mediated Disease\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Rotavirus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Bacterial Toxins—Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnical Advances\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Antibody Engineering\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Analysis of Antibody Repertoires\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Antibody Informatics: IMGT, the International ImMunoGeneTics Information System Strains\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Probing Antibody-Antigen Interactions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Radiolabeled Antibodies for Therapy of Infectious Diseases\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlternate Systems for Expression\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Plant-Derived Monoclonal Antibodies for Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Disease\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Vector-Mediated In Vivo Antibody Expression\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames E. Crowe, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is an immunologist and board-certified pediatric infectious diseases specialist. Dr. Crowe is the Ann Scott Carell Chair and Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center. He is an Elected Member of the Institute of Medicine and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Dr. Crowe's laboratory has a broad portfolio of work in the area of viral immunology and cell biology focused on discovery of the genetic and structural determinants of neutralization of viruses by human antibodies and immune mechanisms important to development of new vaccines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Boraschi\u003c\/b\u003e is the Research Director at the CNR Institute of Protein Biochemistry. She is actively involved in high education activities, in particular in Africa. Dr. Boraschi's studies focus on the role of macrophages and IL-1 cytokines in the innate\/inflammatory response against infections and tumors and their possible involvement in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune pathologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRino Rappuoli\u003c\/b\u003e is the Global Head of Research and Development at Novartis Vaccines. Dr. Rappuoli has worked on several molecules that became part of, or are near to becoming, licensed vaccines. He is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and of the European Molecular Biology Organization.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntibodies for Infectious Diseases\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst Edition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eState-of-the-art reviews covering major aspects of antibodies and intervention against infectious diseases\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe connection between antibodies and infectious diseases has spawned entire related fields of study. \u003ci\u003eAntibodies for Infectious Diseases\u003c\/i\u003e presents perspectives from leading research scientists and summarizes the amazing progress in this area into a single definitive source.     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a broad survey of the most important aspects of the field of antibodies for infectious diseases, this book \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003epresents general features pertaining to structure, function, isotype, and the role of complement in antibody function\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eexamines the role of antibodies in antimicrobial immunity with specific targets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edetails new methods for expression of monoclonal antibodies, in plants or by transfer of antibody genes for in vivo expression in treated subjects\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntibodies for Infectious Diseases\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive reference for researchers, pharmaceutical developers, and health care professionals on the status of the development of antibody-based therapies for treating infectious diseases. 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