Idiotypes in Medicine: Autoimmunity, Infection and Cancer. Autoimmunity, Infection and Cancer

Content: 
List of Contributors, Pages vii-xii
Anti-Idiotypes as vaccines: Theoretical considerations, Pages 3-10, Alfred Nisonoff
Anti-idiotypes, Pages 11-18, Constantin A. Bona
X-ray crystallographic studies of the idiotypic cascade, Pages 19-36, Nenad Ban, Alexander McPherson
The structure and thermodynamics of antibody-protein antigen interactions, Pages 37-50, Bradford C. Braden, Roberto J. Poljak
Introduction—Idiotypes and anti-idiotypes, Pages 53-63, Mahmoud Abu-Shakra, Dan Buskila, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Cross-reactive idiotypes in human lupus families, Pages 65-74, Pierre Youinou
Idiotypes of anti-DNA antibodies, Pages 75-88, Dan Buskila, Mahmoud Abu-Shakra, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Idiotypes of anti-Sm antibodies, Pages 89-93, Howard Dang, Norman Talal
Idiotypes of anti-Ro and anti-La, Pages 95-97, Yaron Bar Dayan, Howard Amital, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Idiotypes on autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis, Pages 99-106, Ann Kari Lefvert
Idiotypes of ANCA, Pages 107-112, Elena Csernok, Wolfgang L. Gross
Ig genes and idiotype of anti-mitochondrial antibodies in primary biliary cirrhosis, Pages 113-118, Patrick S.C. Leung, M. Eric Gershwin
Idiotypes of anti-phospholipid antibodies, Pages 119-128, Ronit Bakimer, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Anti-idiotypic antibodies against human insulin autoantibodies (IAA), Pages 129-134, S. Kyurkchiev, M. Stamenova, V. Manolova, V. Tsvetkova, L. Dakovska, I. Kehayov
Molecular and cellular aspects of human rheumatoid factor production and idiotypes, Pages 135-155, Rizgar A. Mageed, Sasha P. Moyes, Keith M. Thompson, Jacob B. Natvig
Idiotypes of anti-thyroglobulin antibodies, Pages 157-163, Yaron Tomer
Idiotypes of human platelet-specific antibodies, Pages 165-187, Thomas J. Kunicki, Diane J. Nugent
Idiotypes of platelet associated antibodies (autoimmune thrombocytopenia), Pages 189-192, Mahmoud Abu-Shakra, Dan Buskila, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Idiotypes of natural autoantibodies and monoclonal gammopathies, Pages 193-203, Mahmoud Abu-Shakra, Dan Buskila, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Idiotypes and anti-idiotypes in allergy, Pages 205-215, Marc G. Jacquemin, Jean-Marie R. Saint-Remy
Anti-idiotypes to autoantibodies in therapeutic preparations of normal polyspecific human IgG (intravenous immunoglobulin, IVIg), Pages 217-225, Sergio H Spalter, Srini Kaveri, Michel D Kazatchkine
Manipulation of autoantibody idiotypes in autoimmune diseases, Pages 227-238, Dan Buskila, Mahmoud Abu-Shakra, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody (mAb) to anti-CD4 mAb as surrogate of human CD4 antigen (Ag) for active immunotherapy of autoimmune diseases, Pages 239-254, Federico Perosa, Marco Scudeletti, Franco Indiveri, Franco Dammacco
Introduction, Page 257, Ronald C. Kennedy
Anti-idiotypic studies of the glycoprotein B (gB, UL55) complex of human cytomegalovirus:: Mimicry of a neutralizing epitope and development of diagnostics, Pages 259-268, Eilleen S. Tackaberry, Josée Hamel, Bernard R. Brodeur
Anti-idiotype antibody in HIV-1-infected thrombocytopenic patients, Pages 269-279, S. Karpatkin, M.A. Nardi
An electron microscopic view of the geometry and dynamics of idiotype—anti-idiotype interactions, Pages 281-291, Kenneth H. Roux, Neil S. Greenspan
Probing human antibody diversity in HIV infection, Pages 293-301, Saoussen Karray, Moncef Zouali
Anti-Idiotype Mimics of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Surface Polysaccharides, Pages 303-315, John R. Schreiber
Modulation of the immune response to simian virus 40 large tumor antigen via idiotype—anti-idiotype interactions, Pages 317-329, Michael H. Shearer, Harvey I. Pass, Michele Carbone, Ronald C. Kennedy
The perpetual network theory and its putative applications: 21 Years later, Pages 331-340, Hildegund C.J. Ertl
An anti-idiotypic antibody as a functional mirror image of a viral antigen, Pages 341-345, Yasmin Thanavala
Anti-idiotype to bluetongue virus VP7 antigen: Potential diagnostic reagent and vaccine, Pages 347-355, En-Min Zhou, Min Lin
An idiotype vaccine against gram-negative bacterial sepsis, Pages 357-368, Ronald E. Ward
Yeast killer toxin-like antibodies in experimental and clinical candidasis, Pages 369-380, L. Polonelli, F. De Bernardis, S. Conti, M. Gerloni, A. Cassone
Anti-idiotypic antibodies and idiotypic T cell selection in HIV infection, Pages 381-394, Sybille Müller, Michael Grant
Probing human polysaccharide-specific antibody repertoires using anti-idiotypes, Pages 395-405, Alexander H. Lucas
Anti-idiotypic antibodies in HIV-infected patients to a neutralizing mab and its complementarity determining regions, Pages 407-414, Michael Levi, Jorma Hinkula, Britta Wahren
Esptein-barr virus-induced autoimmunity through anti-idiotype studies, Pages 415-426, Carlo Garzelli, Marina Incaprera, Agostino Bazzichi, Giuseppe Falcone
Introduction, Pages 429-430, Soldano Ferrone
Cancer therapy with anti-idiotypic antibodies, Pages 431-439, Ofer Merimsky, Pnina Fishman, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Immunotherapy of cancer patients with anti-idiotype vaccines, Pages 441-453, Malaya Bhattacharya-Chatterjee, Heinz Köhler, Kenneth A. Foon
Anti-idiotype antibodies mimicking carcinoembryonic antigen, Pages 455-459, Marc Monestier
Immunological and molecular characterization of an idiotypic cascade specific for the human carcinoembryonic antigen, Pages 461-475, Michael Neumaier, Franz-Josef Gaida, Dagmar Pieper, Mark A. Sherman, John E. Shively
Anti-idiotypic antibodies that mimic the colorectal cancer antigen CO17-1A/GA733: Twelve years of pre-clinical and clinical studies, Pages 477-489, Dorothee Herlyn, Rajasekharan Somasundaram, Lutz Jacob, Weiping Li, Jan Zaloudik, Haruhiko Maruyama, Andrea Benden, David Harris, Michael Mastrangelo
Idiotypic network responses and anti-idiotypes in cancer therapy, Pages 491-498, Jan Fagerberg, Peter Ragnhammar, Hkan Mellstedt
Anti-idiotypes in ovarian cancer, Pages 499-509, U. Wagner, H. Schlebusch, J. Schmolling, J. Reinsberg, D. Krebs
Anti-idiotype antibodies in renal cell carcinoma, Pages 511-516, H. Uemura, E. Oosterwijk
Clinical studies with anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody BEC2 that mimics GD3 ganglioside, Pages 517-521, Paul B. Chapman
The anti-idiotypic approach to active specific immunotherapy of malignant melanoma, Pages 523-536, Xinhui Wang, Smruti Desai, Elvyra J. Noronha, Abraham Mittelman, Soldano Ferrone
Subject index, Pages 537-540