Since the publication of the first edition of the Handbook of Human Immunology in 1997, major scientific achievements have directly contributed to an increased understanding of the complexities of the human immune system in health and disease. Whether as a result of the sequencing of the entire human genome, or of technological advancements, several new components of the immune system have been revealed, along with new technologies for their measurement and evaluation.
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Contributors
Overview of Immunity, J.D. Folds
Statistics of Immunological Testing, A.D. Donnenberg
Human Immunoglobulins, R.G. Hamilton
The Complement System, P.Giclas
Cellular Immunology: Monitoring of Immune Therapies, T.L. Whiteside
Understanding Clinical Flow Cytometry, A.D. Donnenberg and V.S. Donnenberg
Leukemia and Lymphoma Immunophenotyping and Cytogenetics, M.A. Proytcheva
Guidelines for the Use of Flow Cytometry in the Management of Patients Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, M.R.G. O’Gorman
Role of Flow Cytometry in the Diagnosis and Monitoring .
of Primary Immunodeficiency Disease, M.R.G. O’Gorman
Detection and Characterization of the T-Cell Receptor Repertoire, G.Uzel
Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens, Cluster of Differentiation: Past, Present, and Future, M.R.G. O’Gorman
Immunologic Diagnosis of Autoimmunity, N.R. Rose
Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract, S. Guandalini, M. Setty, and B. Jabri
Serologic Testing for Infectious Diseases, J.L. Schmitz
Molecular Techniques Applied to Infectious Diseases, J.S. Goodrich and M.B. Miller
Cytokines; Regulators of Immune Responses and Key Therapeutic Targets, B. Detrick, C.N. Nagineni, and J.J. Hooks
Measuring Human Cytokines, H.T. Maecker
The Human Major Histocompatibility Complex and .
DNA-Based Typing of Human Lymphocyte Antigens.
(HLA) for Transplantation, S.G. Marino, A. Jaramillo, and M.A. Fernández-Viña
Relevance of Antibody Screening and Crossmatching.
in Solid Organ, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, .
and Blood Transfusion, C.L. Saw, D.L. Heaney, H.M. Gebel, and R.A. Bray
Functional Assessment of Immunosuppression: Monitoring
Posttransplant Alloreactivity with Flow Cytometric Mixed
Lymphocyte Cocultures, C.A. Kumar, A. Abdullah, A. Logar, P. Wilson, A. Talukdar, N. Chien, M.Singh, and R. Sindhi