Contemporary Topics in Immunobiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-1

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2. Introduction

   • A. J. S. Davies, R. L. Carter

   Pages 3-12

3. The Thymus and Lymphomyeloid System in Poikilothermic Vertebrates

   • Edwin L. Cooper

   Pages 13-38

4. Effect of Thymectomy on Immunological Responses in the Sheep

   • Bede Morris

   Pages 39-62

5. Nature of the Responding Organism: Responders and Nonresponders

   • F. Carl Grumet, Hugh O. McDevitt

   Pages 63-76

6. The Intrathymic Environment

   • Sam L. Clark Jr.

   Pages 77-99

7. A Note on Hassall’s Corpuscles

   • Louis Kater

   Pages 101-109

8. Cell Migration and the Thymus

   • Guy Sainte-Marie

   Pages 111-117

9. Ecology of Thymus Dependency

   • Maria A. B. de Sousa

   Pages 119-136

10. Morphological Changes in the Thymus-Dependent Lymphoid System Associated with Pathological Conditions in Animals and Man: Their Functional Significance

    • J. L. Turk

    Pages 137-150

11. Immunological Memory

    • J. F. A. P. Miller

    Pages 151-164

12. Effects of Adjuvants on Interactions of Different Cell Types in Immune Responses

    • A. C. Allison

    Pages 165-173

13. Cytotoxic Cells

    • I. C. M. MacLennan

    Pages 175-187

14. Thymus Dependency of Rosette-Forming Cells

    • Jean-François Bach

    Pages 189-206

15. Antigen-Binding Cells of the Thymus

    • Farrokh Modabber

    Pages 207-216

16. Thymus Dependency and Chronic Antigenic Stimulation: Immunity to Parasitic Protozoans and Helminths

    • G. A. T. Targett

    Pages 217-235

17. The Thymus and Immune Surveillance

    • Beverley J. Weston

    Pages 237-263

18. Thymus Independence

    • A. Basten, J. G. Howard

    Pages 265-291

19. Effect of Pregnancy on the Restoration of Immunological Responses in Neonatally Thymectomized Female Mice

    • David Osoba

    Pages 293-297

20. Thymus Hormones

    • Osias Stutman, Robert A. Good

    Pages 299-319

This second volume of Contemporary Topics in Immunobiology considers many aspects of thymus dependency in order to exemplify the role of the thy­ mus in different species and different immunological responses. It is not in­ tended to be a compendium of the responses which have been shown to be thymus dependent but rather to illustrate for the reader the criteria he should apply in thinking about the significance of the thymus in immune responses. We are grateful to the editors and publishers of the Annals of the New York Academy of Science, the Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Immunology, the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the Journal of Immunology, Laboratory Investigation, Nature, and the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine and to Springer-Verlag, Berlin, for permission to reproduce illustrations. Specific references are given in the text. We would also like to thank the contributors for their time and energy and willingness to submit to the editorial red pencils. The exercise of these censori­ ous instruments meant that the manuscripts had to be reorganized and retyped. Mrs. J. Pettis, Mrs. A. Inglefield, and Miss M. Butt all helped, and we are most grateful to them. A.J.S.D. R.L.e.

• Thymus
• antigen
• autoimmunity
• diseases
• immune response
• immunity
• immunobiology
• immunodeficiency
• immunoglobulin
• immunology
• infectious disease
• lymphocytes
• malaria
• parasite
• transplantation
• infectious diseases

• Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital, Chester Beatty Research Institute, London, England

  A. J. S. Davies, R. L. Carter

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