This work provides rapid access to focused information on topics of Immunotoxicology not only for scientists and those dealing with laboratory aspects but also for lecturers and advanced students. Over 200 contributing authors - including many of the world's top specialists - have contributed full essays on all relevant topics, supplemented by keyword definitions of related terms. Full essays are structured uniformly to provide reader-friendly information on all aspects of Immunotoxicology, including methods of testing and analysis, characteristics of substances, the regulatory environment and the relevance of these to humans.

<p>AB0 Blood Group System

Aging and the Immune System
Animal Models for Respiratory Hypersensitivity
Animal Models of Immunodeficiency
Anti-Inflammatory (Nonsteroidal) Drugs
</p><p>Antibodies, Antigenicity of
Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity
Antigen Presentation via MHC Class II Molecules
Antigen-Presenting Cell (APC)
Antigen-Specific Cell Enrichment
Antiglobulin (Coombs) Test
Antinuclear Antibodies
Apoptosis
Assays for Antibody Production.-</p><p>Asthma
Atopic Allergy
Attenuated Organisms as Vaccines
Autoantibodies, Tests for Autoantigens
Autoimmune Disease, Animal Models
Autoimmunity, Autoimmune Diseases
</p><p>B Cell Maturation and Immunological Memory
B Lymphocytes
Biological drugs, immunosuppression and modulation
Birth Defects, Immune Protection Against
Blood Coagulation
Bone Marrow and Hematopoiesis
Brain-Immune Interactions
Cancer and the Immune System
Canine Immune System
Carcinogenesis
Cardiac Disease, Autoimmune</p><p>Cat immune system
CD Markers
Cell Adhesion Molecules
Cell Separation Techniques
</p><p>Cell-Mediated Lysis
Chemical Structure and the Generation of an Allergic Reaction
Chemokines
</p><p>Chemotaxis of Neutrophils
Chromium and the Immune System
Chronic Beryllium Disease.-</p><p>Clinical consequence of immunosuppression
Colony-Forming Unit Assay: Methods and Implications
Complement and Allergy
Complement Deficiencies
Complement System
</p><p>Contact Hypersensitivity
Cyclosporin A
Cytokine Assays
Cytokine Genes and Immunotoxicology, Genetic variations
Cytokine Inhibitors
Cytokine Receptors
Cytokines
Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes
</p><p>Cytotoxicity Assays
Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity
Dermatological Infections
Developmental Immunotoxicology
Diabetes and Diabetes Combined with Hypertension, Experimental Models for</p><p>Dioxins and the Immune System
DNA Vaccines
Drugs, Allergy to
ELISPOT Assay
Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay (ELISPOT)
Epidemiological Investigations
Erythropoietin
Exposure Route and Respiratory Hypersensitivity
Fatty Acids and the Immune System
Fish Immune System
</p><p>Flow Cytometry Technique
Food Allergy
Germinal Center
Glucocorticoids
Graft-Versus-Host Reaction
Granuloma
Guinea Pig Assays for Sensitization Testing
Hapten and Carrier Helper T Lymphocytes
Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Hemolytic Anemia, Autoimmune
Hepatic Immune System
Hepatitis, Autoimmune
Histopathology of the Immune System, Enhanced Host Resistance Assays
Human artificial lymph node (hALN)
Human microbiome
Humanized Monoclonal Antibodies
Humoral Immunity
Hypergammaglobulinemia
Hypersensitivity Reactions.-</p><p>Idiotype Network
IgE-Mediated Allergies
Immune Cells, Recruitment and Localization of</p><p>Immune Complexes and Complement Activation
Immune Function Assessment for Risk Assessment in Drug and Registration (Industry, Agro-) Chemicals, Relevance of Immune Response
Immunoassays
Immunoglobulin. Subclasses and Functions
Immunopathology
Immunotoxic Agents into the Body, Entry of
Immunotoxicological Evaluation of Therapeutic Cytokines.-</p><p>Immunotoxicology
Immunotoxicology of Biotechnology-Derived Pharmaceuticals
Immunotoxicology, in silico analyses
Immunotoxicology, view of the future
In vitro PFCA (MD cultures)
Inbred Strains
Inflammatory Reactions, Acute Versus Chronic
Interferon- </p><p>Interleukin-1 (IL-1 )
International Collaborative Studies on the Detection of Immunotoxicity
Klebsiella, Infection and Immunity
Knockout, Genetic
Leukemia
</p><p>Leukocyte Culture: Considerations for In Vitro Culture of T cells in Immunotoxicological Studies.-</p><p>Limiting Dilution Analysis
LMW drugs, immunosuppression and modulation
Local Lymph Node Assay
Local Lymph Node Assay (IMDS), Modifications
Lymph Nodes
Lymph Transport and Lymphatic System
Lymphocyte Proliferation
Lymphocyte Transformation Test
Lymphocytes</p><p>Lymphoma
Macrophage Activation
Mast Cells
Maturation of the Immune Response
</p><p>Memory, Immunological
Metabolism, Role in Immunotoxicity
Metals and Autoimmune Disease
</p><p>MHC Class I Antigen Presentation
Mitogen-Stimulated Lymphocyte Response
Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
Molecular Mimicry

Monoclonal Antibodies
Mouse Ear Swelling Test
Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
Natural Antibodies
Natural Killer Cell Assay
Natural Killer Cells</p><p>Neonatal Immune Response
Neutrophil
Nonhuman Primates, Immunotoxicity Assessment of (Bio)Pharmaceuticals in Nutrition and the Immune System
Opsonization and Phagocytosis.-</p><p>Oral Mucositis and Immunotoxicology
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies
Photoreactions
Photoreactive Compounds
Plaque Versus ELISA Assays. Evaluation of Humoral Immune Responses to T-Dependent Antigens
Plaque-Forming Cell Assays.-</p><p>Polychlorinated Biphenyls and the Immune System
Polyclonal Activators
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Immune System
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Popliteal Lymph Node Assay.-</p><p>Popliteal Lymph Node Assay, Secondary Reaction
Porcine Immune System
Primate Immune System (Nonhuman) and Environmental Contaminants
Prostaglandins
Rabbit Immune System
</p><p>REACH and Immunotoxicology
Regulatory Environment
Regulatory Guidance in Immunotoxicology
Relative Risk
Reporter Antigen Popliteal Lymph Node Assay
Respiratory Infections
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Related Autoimmune Diseases, Animal Models
Rodent Immune System, Development of the
Rodents, Inbred Strains
<i>Salmonella</i>, Assessment of Infection Risk
Septic Shock
Serotonin
Serum Sickness
Signal Transduction During Lymphocyte Activation
Skin, Contribution to Immunity
Southern and Northern Blotting
Spleen
Statistics in Immunotoxicology
Steroid Hormones and their Effect on the Immune System
Streptococcus Infection and Immunity
Stress and the Immune System
Superantigens
Suppressor Cells</p><p>Systemic Autoimmunity
T Regulator Cells
TDAR Update for NHP Immunotoxicity Studies</p><p>Tests for Autoimmunity
TH17 Cells
Three-Dimensional Human Skin, Epidermal Models and Organotypic Human and Murine Skin Explant Systems
Thymus
Thymus: A Mediator of T Cell Development and Potential Target of Toxicological Agents
Tolerance
Toxicogenomics, Microarray Technology
Trace Metals and the Immune System
Transforming Growth Factor 1; Control of T Cell Responses to Antigens
Transgenic Animals
Trypanosomes, Infection and Immunity
</p><p>Tumor Necrosis Factor-
Tumor, Immune Response to
Vaccines therapeutic
Vanadium and the Immune System
Viability, Cell
Vitamins
Western Blot Analysis.</p><p> </p><p></p>