Idiotypy in Biology and Medicine

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xv-xviii
Preface, Pages xix-xxi
Chapter 1 - The Immune Network Revisited, Pages 3-14, Heinz Köhler
Chapter 2 - Idiotypy and Internal Images, Pages 15-28, J. Urbain, M. Slaoui, B. Mariamé, O. Leo
Chapter 3 - Regulatory Idiotopes, Pages 29-42, Constantin A. Bona
Chapter 4 - The Uniqueness and Boundaries of the Idiotypic Self, Pages 43-59, Nelson M. Vaz, Martinez-A. Carlos, António Coutinho
Chapter 5 - Structural Properties and Genetic Control of an Idiotype Associated with Antibodies to the p-Azophenylarsonate Hapten, Pages 63-88, Michael F. Gurish, Alfred Nisonoff
Chapter 6 - Idiotype-Specific T Helper Cells, Pages 89-100, M. McNamara, H. Köhler
Chapter 7 - Manipulating an Idiotypic System with Asymmetric Circuitry: Antiidiotypc Antibodies versus Idiotype-Recognizing T Cells, Pages 101-111, Eli E. Sercarz, Christopher D. Benjamin
Chapter 8 - Biochemical, Functional, and Genetic Aspects of T-Cell Idiotypes, Pages 113-142, Bent Rubin
Chapter 9 - Ontogeny of the HA-Responsive B-Cell Repertoire: Interaction of Heritable and Inducible Mechanisms in the Establishment of Phenotype, Pages 143-172, Michael P. Cancro, Mary Ann Thompson, Syamal Raychaudhuri, David Hilbert
Chapter 10 - Ontogeny of Antilevan and Inulin Antibody Responses, Pages 173-185, Constantin A. Bona, Carol Victor
Chapter 11 - Selective Alteration of the Humoral Response to α1-3 Dextran and Phosphorylcholine by Early Administration of Monoclonal Antiidiotype Antibody, Pages 187-202, Brian A. Pollok, Robert Stohrer, John F. Kearney
Chapter 12 - Isogeneic Antiidiotype Repertoire and Modulation of Idiotype Expression in the Antidextran System, Pages 203-218, Eberhardt Weiler, Georg Lehle, Joachim Wilke, Ivan Jeanne Weiler
Chapter 13 - Idiotypic Manipulation of the Rabbit Immune Response against Micrococcus luteus, Pages 219-241, Maurice Wikler, Jacques Urbain
Chapter 14 - Idiotypes of Anti-MHC Monoclonal Antibodies, Pages 243-269, Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Hugh Auchincloss Jr., Suzanne L. Epstein, David H. Sachs
Chapter 15 - Production of Monoclonal Antibodies to Integral Membrane Transport and Receptor Proteins and Their Use in Structural Elucidation, Pages 273-301, J. Craig Venter, Barbara Eddy, Ursina Schmidt, Claire M. Fraser
Chapter 16 - Studies on Idiotypes Shared by Neuronal and Lymphoid Cells, Pages 303-328, John H. Noseworthy, Mark I. Greene
Chapter 17 - Idiotypy in Autoimmune Central Nervous System Demyelinating Disease: Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis and Multiple Sclerosis, Pages 329-345, Robert B. Fritz
Chapter 18 - Idiotypes in Myasthenia Gravis, Pages 347-364, Donard S. Dwyer, Ronald J. Bradley, Shin J. Oh, John F. Kearney
Chapter 19 - Antiidiotypic Antibodies as Immunological Internal Images of Hormones, Pages 365-383, A.D. Strosberg
Chapter 20 - Immunization to Insulin Generates Antiidiotypes That Behave as Antibodies to the Insulin Hormone Receptor and Cause Diabetes Mellitus, Pages 385-400, Irun R. Cohen, Dana Elias, Ruth Maron, Yoram Shechter
Chapter 21 - Induction of Protective Immunity Using Antiidiotypic Antibodies: Immunization against Experimental African Trypanosomiasis, Pages 401-416, David L. Sacks
Chapter 22 - The Idiotype Network: Theoretical and Practical Implications for Autoimmune Disease, Pages 417-428, Michael Fischbach, Norman Talal
Chapter 23 - Human Antiidiotypic Antibodies, Pages 429-436, H.G. Kunkel
Index, Pages 437-445