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Histophysiology of the Immune System

The Life History, Organization, and Interactions of Its Cell Populations

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  • © 1988

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 237)

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Table of contents (136 chapters)

  1. Symposium on Surface Molecules in Leukocyte Interactions

  2. 9th Germinal Centre Conference

    1. Bone Marrow, B-Cell Differentiation and the B-Cell System

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About this book

The 9th International Conference on Lymphatic Tissues and Germinal Centres in Immune Reactions was held in Oslo, 9-14 August, 1987. These conferen­ ces, by the regular devotees just referred to as the germinal centre con­ ferences or GCC, have been held regularly at roughly three-year intervals since 1966. The credo of these conferences is "in vivo veritas", signifying that investigating components, like molecules and cells, only gives partial truth. The components must ultimately be explored in their natural con­ text, to see how they interact with other parts and are integrated to a whole. To the biologist it is obvious that the world must be investigated at many different levels of organization. At each level the patterns observed represent just some of many possible ways of putting together the elements of the lower levels. These patterns are not predetermined, but the results of evolution, i.e. of a history in which stochastic processes play a major role. The organic world can therefore not be torn apart and then reconstructed from basic principles alone. This realization is often expressed as the whole being more than the sum of its parts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Anatomical Institute, Oslo, Norway

    Sigbjørn Fossum, Bent Rolstad

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Histophysiology of the Immune System

  • Book Subtitle: The Life History, Organization, and Interactions of Its Cell Populations

  • Editors: Sigbjørn Fossum, Bent Rolstad

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5535-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5537-3Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5535-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 926

  • Number of Illustrations: 198 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Immunology, Human Physiology

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