ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH, VOLUME 42

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Table of contents
  • Copyrightiv
  • Contentsv
  • Contributors to Volumes 42ix
  • Chapter 1. Immunological Surveillance of Tumors in the Context of Major Histocompatibility Complex R1
  • I. Introduction1
  • II. Immunological Surveillance: Historical Aspects and Early Speculations Concerning Transplantation2
  • III. Criticisms of Immunological Surveillance 19705
  • IV. Evidence That T Cell Surveillance Is Important in Some Tumor Systems8
  • V. MHC-Restricted T Cell Recognition12
  • VI. The Molecular Nature of the MHC16
  • VII. T Lymphocyte Effectors and Tumor-Specific Transplantation Antigens21
  • VIII. Biological Models for Recognition of Minimal Changes on Cell Surface: T Cell Responses to SV4032
  • IX. The Expression of MHC Antigens on Tumor Cells36
  • X. MHC Phenotype and Susceptibility to Cancer50
  • XI. General Concepts51
  • XII. Summary53
  • References54
  • Chapter 2. lmmunohistological Analysis of Human Lymphoma: Correlation of Histological and Immunologi67
  • I. Introduction67
  • II. Distinction of Malignant Lymphoma from Other Neoplasms69
  • III. Division of Malignant Lymphoma into Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and True Hi71
  • IV. B Cell Lymphomas73
  • V. T Cell Lymphomas117
  • VI. Conclusion140
  • References142
  • Chapter 3. Induced Differentiation of Murine Erythroleukemia Cells: Cellular and Molecular Mechanism149
  • I. Introduction149
  • II. Terminal Cell Division151
  • III. Gene Expression, DNA Structure, and Chromatin Configuration during Induced Differentiation155
  • IV. Differentiation and the Cell Cycle160
  • V. Summary162
  • References163
  • Chapter 4. Protoneoplasia: The Molecular Biology of Murine Mammary Hyperplasia167
  • I. Introduction167
  • II. Mouse Mammary Tumor System168
  • III. The Development of Transplantable Hyperplastic Outgrowth Lines170
  • IV. Characterization of Hyperplastic Outgrowth Lines171
  • V. Restriction Endonuclease Mapping172
  • VI. The Molecular Biology of Mouse Mammary Neoplasia178
  • VII. Origin and Evolution of Mouse Mammary Tumors181
  • VIII. The HAN Is Protoneoplastic185
  • IX. The Role of MuMTV in Mouse Mammary Tumorigenesis186
  • X. Summary187
  • References188
  • Chapter 5. Xiphophorus as an in Vivo Model for Studies on Normal and Defective Control of Oncogenes191
  • I. Introduction and Historical Background191
  • II. Ubiquity of Oncogenes in Purebred Animals Derived from Wild Populations194
  • III. Defective Control of Oncogenes in Hybrids211
  • IV. Oncogenes and Regulatory Genes230
  • V. Theoretical Considerations on a General Concept of Neoplasia261
  • VI. Conclusions268
  • References268
  • Chapter 6. Contrasuppression: The Second Law of Thymodynamics, Revisited277
  • I. Introduction278
  • II. Defining Cell Circuits280
  • III. Defining Contrasuppression282
  • IV. Defining a Specific Contrasuppressor Circuit and Assigning a Unique Phenotype to Its Cellular an282
  • V. Functional Activity of the Contrasuppressor Circuit285
  • VI. Conditions That Influence the Generation and/or Activation of Contrasuppressor Cells286
  • VII. Immunological Consequences of Activation of the Contrasuppressor Circuit301
  • VIII. Contrasuppression and Tumor Immunity312
  • IX. Human Examples of Contrasuppression318
  • X. Contrasuppression in the Future320
  • References322
  • Addendum 1: Heterogeneity of Contrasuppressor T Cell Function and Specificity326
  • Addendum 2: Relation of the Allogeneic Effect to Contrasuppression331
  • Index337
  • Contents of Previous Volumes343
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780120066421
  • ISBN-13 9780080562247
  • Author AUTHOR, UNKNOWN
  • Category Medical
  • Subject Oncology

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