Advances in Immunology

Praise for the Series:"e;The series which all immunologists need."e;--The Pharmaceutical Journal"e;Advances in Immunology must find itself among the most active volumes in the libraries of our universities and institutions."e;--Science"e;Deserves a permanent place in biomedical libraries as an aid in research and in teaching."e;--Journal of Immunological Methods- The role of CD40 and its ligand, gp39, as central players in the regulation of B cell growth and differentiation- Prolactin, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I as full-fledged immunological growth and differentiation factors- Transcription factors of functionally mutant mice are highly relevant to understanding hemopoiesis and B cell genesis in vivo- HIV infection of xenotransplanted mice compared with natural HIV and SIV infections- The expression and role of cytokines in Rheumatoid Arthritis and in seronegative arthritis- The functions of the surrogate light chain in B cell development- Mechanisms that regulate cytokine activity and the generation and function of sCR as cytokine anatogonists and/or cytokine "e;carriers"e; in vivo- Potential transducing molecules involved in signaling processes and which mark the difference between signaling through IL-2R and IL-4R