Immunotherapy of infections / edited by K. Noel Masihi.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Masihi, K. N. (K. Noel)

Conference Name:

International Symposium on Immunotherapy of Infections (1993 : Robert Koch-Institut)

Series:

Infectious disease and therapy ; v. 15.

Infectious disease and therapy ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases--Immunotherapy--Congresses.

Communicable diseases.

Communicable diseases--Immunotherapy.

Infection--Immunotherapy--Congresses.

Infection.

Infection--Immunotherapy.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 508 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : M. Dekker, [1994]

Contents:

I. Cytokines

1. Therapeutic Possibilities with Cytokines and Cytotoxic Lymphocytes in Infectious Diseases / Eva Lotzova 3

2. Impact of Direct Microorganism-Cytokine Interaction on Cytokine Immunotherapy of Infections / Michel Denis 11

3. Cytokine Profile as a Predisposing or Protective Factor in Immunological Diseases: Present Information, Prospects for Intervention, the Need for Cytokine-Based Epidemiology / Monika Brunner, Nicholas Avrion Mitchison, Joachim Sieper, Katharina Simon 21

4. Cytokines That Regulate In Vivo Nitric Oxide Production and BCG-Induced Nonspecific Protection / Carol A. Nacy, Anne H. Fortier, Shawn J. Green 31

5. Regulation of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Macrophages by Cytokines and Microbial Products / Christian Bogdan, Yoram Vodovotz, Qiao-wen Xie, Martin Rollinghoff, Carl Nathan 37

6. ST 789 Modulates In Vitro and In Vivo Production of Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-2 / Claudio De Simone, Antonio Rosi, Giuseppe Famularo, Claudio Albertoni, Sonia Tzantzoglou, Vito Trinchieri, Pietro Foresta 55

7. Effect of Interferon-Gamma Injections on Murine Visceral (Leishmania donovani) Leishmaniasis / Albrecht F. Kiderlen, Marie-Luise Lohmann-Matthes 67

8. Investigation into the Mode of Action of Interleukin-1 in the Arthritic Condition / Rainer Joachim Box 77

9. Induction of Cytokines by Yeast Copper/Zinc Superoxide Dismutase / Zvetanka H. Stefanova, Valentina H. Valeva, Ivan G. Mitov, Hristo O. Neychev 83

10. Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha in Combination with Riminophenazines Enhances Oxidative Metabolism of Neutrophils from Patients with Leprosy / Marta M. Krajewska, Ronald Anderson 91

II. Synthetic Immunomodulators

11. Immunological Profile of Methyl Inosine Monophosphate / Marina Sosa, Anutosh R. Saha, Elba M. Hadden, John W. Hadden 107

12. Enhancement of the Immune Response to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen by Methyl Inosine Monophosphate / Tatiana A. Semenenko, M. I. Mikhailov, John W. Hadden 115

13. Combination Therapies in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection / Antonio Mastino, Cartesio Favalli, Luigi Perroni, Cartesio D'Agostini, Fabrizio Soscia, Maria Stagliano, Sandro Grelli, Enrico Garaci 123

14. The Use of Thymic Peptides for Patients with Undetermined Human Immunodeficiency Virus Test Results / V. G. Morozov, K. S. Ivanov, V. V. Sheyback, A. D. Kasyanov 135

15. Site-Specific Differentiation Induction on T Cells In Vivo by Synthetic Thymic Peptides to Fight Microbial Infections and Cancer / Christian Birr, C. Thomas Nebe, Gerhard Becker 143

16. Immunomodulation with Thymosin Fraction 5 Reduced the Number of Trichuris muris Adult Worms Developed in the Intestine of Nonresponder Mice / J. Hermanek, D. Wakelin 153

17. Carbapenems and Potential Immunomodulating Properties / N. A. Carlone, A. M. Cuffini, V. Tullio, G. Cavallo 167

18. Immunomodulatory Action of Lysine Derivatives of Cinnamic Acid / N. Ivanovska, Z. Stefanova, V. Valeva, V. Dimov, V. Bankova, S. Popov 177

19. The Role of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Antigen Expression in the Pathogenesis of Adjuvant Arthritis: Action of Immunomodulatory Drugs / Lilia Marinova-Mutafchieva, Ivan Goranov 183

III. Synthetic Muramyl Peptides

20. Protective Activity of MDP-Lys(L18) on Hantavirus Infection in Newborn Mice and Potentiation of Antigenicity by B30-MDP and MDP-Lys(L18) of Inactivated Hantavirus Strain B-1 Vaccine and Recombinant Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen / Ichiro Azuma, Yung Choon Yoo, Mizuho Tamura, Ryu Yoshida, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Jiro Arikawa, Koichi Yamanishi 191

21. Immunotherapy of Infectious Postoperative Complications with Glucosaminylmuramyl Dipeptide / Rakhim M. Khaitov, Boris V. Pinegin, Alexander A. Butakov, Tatyana M. Andronova 205

22. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Activity of Muramyl Peptides / Vladimir Nesmeyanov, Tatyana Golovina, Tatyana Valyakina, Svetlana Bykovskaya, Tatyana M. Andronova, Vadim Ivanov 213

23. Effect of Liposome-Encapsulated Muramyl Tripeptide Phosphatidylethanolamine and Interferon-Gamma on Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection in T-Cell

Deficient Mice and In Vitro / Timo L. M. ten Hagen, Wim van Vianen, Elma A. T. Straathof, Irma A. J. M. Bakker-Woudenberg 225

24. In Vitro Stimulatory Effects of Adamantylamide Dipeptide on Macrophage Enzyme Activities (Beta-Glucuronidase and Nitric Oxide Synthase) / Z. Zidek, K. Masek 235

25. Biological Activity of Novel Adamantyl Tripeptides with the Emphasis on Their Immunorestorative Effect / Branka Vranesic, Ivo Hrsak, Jelka Tomasic, Durdica Ljevakovic 241

26. Preparation, Properties, and Biological Activity of tert-Butyl-oxycarbonyl-L-Tyrosyl Peptidoglycan Monomer / Ivo Hrsak, Durdica Ljevakovic, Jelka Tomasic, Branka Vranesic 249

IV. Microbial and Natural Immunomodulators

27. Application of Lentinan as Cytokine Inducer and Host Defense Potentiator in Immunotherapy of Infectious Diseases / Yukiko Y. Maeda, Hiromichi Yonekawa, Goro Chihara 261

28. On the Chemistry and Biology of Bacterial Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides / Otto Holst, Artur J. Ulmer, Helmut Brade, Ernst T. Rietschel 281

29. Immunomodulating Activities of Streptococcal Lipoteichoic Acids / Haruhiko Takada, Shozo Kotani 309

30. Modulation of the Immune System by Bacterial Products: Hapten-Specific Humoral Immune Responses Induced by Lipopeptides Conjugated to T Helper Cell Epitopes / Wolfgang G. Bessler, Werner Beck, Karl-Heinz Wiesmuller, Gunther Jung 329

31. Stimulating Effect of an Oral Preparation from Lactobacillus bulgaricus (strain LB51) on Host Resistance to Experimental Bacterial Infections / Poly Popova, Guenka Guencheva, Assen Bogdanov, Edoardo Pacelli, Ginka Opalchenova 339

32. Can Orally Applied Immunomodulators Improve the Local Defense? / H. Wolf, C. Ruedl, G. Wick 351

33. Immunoglobulins in Serum and Saliva of Children with Recurrent Infections of the Respiratory Tract During Treatment with an Oral Immunomodulator / A. van Aubel, R. J. Riedl-Seifert, C. Hofbauer, U. Elsasser, A. Kammereit 357

34. Oral Immunotherapy in Women with Chronic Genital Infections by Means of a New Microbial Immunomodulator / Catalina-Elena Lupusoru, Sylvia Hoisie, Sava Dumitrescu, Marie Jeanne Aldea, Elena Albu, Ovidiu Bredetean, Florin Tuluc 371

35. Therapeutic Immunostimulatory Effects of Polyvalent Bacterial Vaccines: Laboratory Correlates in Humans and Mice / Jiri Franek 383

36. Immunotherapy from Principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine / Xiao-yu Li 389

37. Neem (Azadirachta indica): Immunomodulatory and Antimicrobial Properties / Shakti Upadhyay, Suman Dhawan, Nalini Wali 397

38. Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Using Intravenous Gamma Globulins / Zhihong Wang, Xiqiang Yang 405

V. Host Defense Mechanisms

39. Immunity to Intracellular Bacteria: Lessons Learned from Listeriosis / Stefan H. E. Kaufmann 413

40. Mitogen-Activated Protein (MAP) Kinase Is a Common Element of Multiple Macrophage Activation Pathways: Activation of MAP Kinase by Lipopolysaccharide, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, and Other Macrophage-Activating Factors / Gyorgy Frendl, Rong J. Guan 421

41. Legionella pneumophila Interferes with Signaling in Human Monocytes / T. Jacob, J. C. Escallier, M. V. Sanguedolce, P. Bongrand, C. Capo, J. L. Mege 455

42. Regulatory Areas of the Central Nervous System for the Immune Response / K. Masek, P. Petrovicky 463

43. The Role of Chorionic Gonadotropin in Regulation of Mitogen- and Lymphokine-Activated Splenocytes: Immunotherapeutic Aspect in Infection / Sergei V. Shirshev, Nikolaj N. Kevorkov 469

44. Complement C3 and the Immune Response / Reinhard Burger, Vera Kohler 477

45. Influence of High Doses of C1 Esterase Inhibitor Concentrate on Hemolytic Function of Complement and on Complement Activation Products in Capillary Leakage Syndrome / W. Nurnberger, K. Petrik, I. Michelmann, St. Burdach, U. Gobel 487

46. Immunomodulating Effect of Quantum Chemotherapy in Patients with Chlamydial Infection / Daina Andersone 497.

Notes:

"The International Symposium on Immunotherapy of Infections was held in the spring of 1993 at the Robert Koch-Institute, in Berlin, Germany"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824792092

OCLC:

30398761