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Immunology and Developmental Biology of the Chicken

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Olli Vainio

    1. Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland

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  2. Beat A. Imhof

    1. Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 212)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Why I Think the Chicken Should Survive in Immunology and Developmental Biology

    • M. Simonsen
    Pages 1-6

  3. Postrearrangement Diversification Processes in Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissues

    • C.-A. Reynaud, J.-C. Weill
    Pages 7-15

  4. Current Concepts in Chicken B Cell Development

    • P. E. Funk, C. B. Thompson
    Pages 17-28

  5. Evidence for Phenotypic Heterogeneity Among B Cells Emigrating from the Bursa of Fabricius: A Reflection of Functional Diversity?

    • E. Paramithiotis, M. J. H. Ratcliffe
    Pages 29-36

  6. T Cell Receptors and T Cell Development

    • C. H. Chen, A. Six, T. Kubota, S. Tsuji, F.-K. Kong, T. W. F. Göbel et al.
    Pages 37-53

  7. Chicken γδ T Cells

    • F. J. Sanchez-Garcia, W. T. McCormack
    Pages 55-69

  8. T Cell Subsets and the Activation of γδ T Cells

    • T. P. Arstila
    Pages 71-77

  9. T Cell Migration During Ontogeny and T Cell Repertoire Generation

    • D. Dunon, B. A. Imhof
    Pages 79-93

  10. The Avian Model in the Study of Tolerance to Self

    • C. Corbel
    Pages 95-106

  11. Avian Natural Killer Cells

    • T. W. F. Göbel, C. H. Chen, M. D. Cooper
    Pages 107-117

  12. Ontogeny of Hematopoiesis in the Avian Embryo: A General Paradigm

    • F. Dieterlen-Lievre, I. Godin, L. Pardanaud
    Pages 119-128

  13. Chicken MHC Molecules, Disease Resistance and the Evolutionary Origin of Birds

    • J. Kaufman, H. J. Wallny
    Pages 129-141

  14. Acute Avian Leukemia Viruses as Tools to Study Hematopoietic Cell Differentiation

    • K. M. McNagny, T. Graf
    Pages 143-162

  15. Control of the Differentiation Commitment by Nuclear Hormone Receptors in Chicken Erythrocytic Progenitor Cells

    • J. Samarut
    Pages 163-173

  16. Cell Cycle Regulation and Erythroid Differentiation

    • E. W. Müllner, H. Dolznig, H. Beug
    Pages 175-194

  17. Chick Stem Cells

    • C. D. Stern
    Pages 195-206

  18. Modulations of Cellular Interactions During Development of the Neural Crest: Role of Growth Factors and Adhesion Molecules

    • J. L. Duband, M. Delannet, F. Monier, S. Garret, N. Desban
    Pages 207-227

  19. Establishment of Pathways in the Developing Neural System

    • M. Chiquet
    Pages 229-238

  20. Limb Development

    • P. Francis-West, C. Tickle
    Pages 239-259
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About this book

The chicken is a useful model for research into the basic features of immunology because its immune system functions in a way similar to that of human beings and because the chicken embryo is easily accessed experimentally. This book is a collection of comprehen­ sive articles updating chicken embryogenesis and immunology. It is now clear that it is possible to produce transgenic chickens by embryonic stem cell manipulation and transfer into the oocyte. Alternatively, the chick offers us the possibility of producing somatic chimeras by manipulating embryonic cells at the primitive streak or earlier stages. Working with later em­ bryos, we can learn the principles involved in the positioning of organ anlagen such as the limb bud. It is shown in this book that these structures are formed by appropriate cell and tissue arrangements driven by molecular factors. Work on the chicken has contributed substantially to our understanding of basic immunology, including the graft-vs. -host reaction, the clonal reactivity of immunocompetent cells, sepa­ ration of the T and B cell lineages, somatic diversification of the B cell repertoire by immunoglobulin (Ig) class switching, anti­ body diversification, Ig gene conversion, and the origin of the hematopoietic stem cell precursor of lymphoid and myeloid cells. Hematopoietic stem cells emerge successively from sev­ eral embryonic sites such as the yolk sac, the aorta, and the mesentery near the aorta.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland

    Olli Vainio, Beat A. Imhof

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Immunology and Developmental Biology of the Chicken

  • Editors: Olli Vainio, Beat A. Imhof

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80057-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-80059-7Published: 08 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-80057-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-217X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 281

  • Topics: Immunology, Cell Biology

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