Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology / Ergebnisse der Microbiologie und Immunitätsforschung

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-iii

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2. In vitro Approach to Development of Immune Reactivity

   • A. Globerson

   Pages 1-43

3. Blocking and Unblocking Serum Factors in Neoplasia

   • S. C. Bansal, B. R. Bansal, J. P. Boland

   Pages 45-76

4. Bacteriophage T7 Genetics

   • Rudolf Hausmann

   Pages 77-110

5. IS-Elements in Microorganisms

   • Peter Starlinger, Heinz Saedler

   Pages 111-152

6. Structure and Molecular Biology of Rabies Virus

   • Lothar G. Schneider, H. Diringer

   Pages 153-180

7. Back Matter

   Pages 181-202

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Expression of an immune response is the net result of complex synergis­ tic and antagonistic activities performed by a variety of cell types. It includes macrophages, T and B populations which may interact in performance of a response, and suppressor cells interfering with it. Accordingly, a lack of res­ ponse may not necessarily indicate absence of immunocompetent cells, but rather nonexpression of competence. Thus, one should consider two possible situations, which are by no means mutually exclusive, to account for immuno­ logic unresponsiveness: (a) one or more of the cell populations composing the synergistic unit is absent or immature, and (b) an antagonistic unit which interferes with the response is dominating. In view of this, an approach to development of immune reactivity necessitates parallel surveys of development of cells with the potential to perform, as well as of cells which can suppress the response. Classification of the various cell types has been based so far on their phenotypic properties (e. g. , membrane antigen markers, cell receptors, pro­ duction and secretion of immunoglobulins, etc. ). Genotypically, T and B cells may represent either separate, independent cell lines, or different stages of development within the same cell lineage.

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