Title Transfer factor : basic properties and clinical applications / edited by Michael S. Ascher, A. Arthur Gottlieb, Charles H. Kirkpatrick

Published New York : Academic Press, 1976

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Description 1 online resource (1318 pages) Contents Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Inside Front Cover; Copyright; Participants; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I: In Vitro Studies of Transfer Factor I; Chapter 1: IN VITRO PROPERTIES OF LEUKOCYTE DIALYSATES CONTAINING TRANSFER FACTOR: MICRO METHOD AND RECENT FINDINGS; Publisher Summary; SPECIFICITY; DISCUSSION; Chapter 2: SPECIFICITY OF TRANSFER FACTOR ACTION ON LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; Publisher Summary; Materials and Methods; Results; Concluding Remarks; DISCUSSION; Chapter 3: IN VITRO COMPARISON OF TFDM OBTAINED FROM SKIN TEST POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE INDIVIDUALS Chapter 8: SPECIFIC AND NONSPECIFIC EFFECTS OF TRANSFER FACTOR -- DIALYZABLE LEUKOCYTE EXTRACTSPublisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 9: IN VITRO CHARACTERIZATION OF THE TARGET CELL FOR TRANSFER FACTOR -- DIALYZABLE LEUKOCYTE EXTRACTS; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; DISCUSSION; Section II: In Vitro Studies of Transfer Factor II; Chapter 10: ACQUISITION OF MIXED CELL MIGRATION REACTIVITY BY ACTIVELY SENSITISED AND TRANSFER-FACTOR TREATED RHESUS MONKEYS Publisher SummaryINTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; DISCUSSION; Chapter 4: TRANSFER FACTOR: IN VITRO EFFECTS ON LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; Publisher Summary; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; DISCUSSION; Chapter 5: AUGMENTATION OF LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION BY DIALYSABLE TRANSFER FACTOR; Summary and introduction; Methodology and design (Fig. 1); Results (a): Augmenting effects of TFDM on lymphocyte transformation to PPD and PHA (Figs. 2-5); Results (b): Augmenting activity of water-dialysed TF (Table 1) and of G25 Sephadex fractions (Fig, 6, Table 2) Results (c): Augmenting activity of dialysable extracts of non-lymphoid cells (Table 3)Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; DISCUSSION; Chapter 6: LEUCOCYTE DIALYSATES REQUIRE PRECOMMITTED, ANTIGEN-REACTIVE CELLS TO AUGMENT LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; Publisher Summary; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; Chapter 7: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF TRANSFER FACTOR; Publisher Summary; 1 IN VITRO STUDIES OF TF IN MAN; 2 IN VITRO STUDIES OF LEUKOCYTE EXTRACTS IN THE MOUSE; DISCUSSION Summary And introductionMethodology and design; Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; DISCUSSION; Chapter 11: IN VITRO ASSAY FOR TRANSFER FACTOR USING DIRECT MIGRATION INHIBITION; Publisher Summary; DISCUSSION; Chapter 12: IN VITRO ASSAY FOR TRANSFER FACTOR BY MEANS OF LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION TEST (LMT); Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; DISCUSSION; Chapter 13: POTENTIATING EFFECT OF TRANSFER FACTOR UPON MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION IN VITRO; Summary and introduction; Methodology and design (Fig. 1); Results (a) Notes LMMI test (Figs. 2-5) Transfer Factor Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes "The conference on which these proceedings are based was supported by contract #NIH-75-C-724, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and by a generous gift from G.D. Searle, Co."--Acknowledgments Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed Jan. 13, 2015) Subject Transfer factor (Immunology) -- Therapeutic use -- Congresses. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Technical reports. Conference papers and proceedings. Form Electronic book Author Ascher, Michael S. Gottlieb, A. Arthur (Abraham Arthur), 1937-1998. Kirkpatrick, Charles H. G.D. Searle & Co. National Cancer Institute (U.S.) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.) National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. ISBN 1483216152 (electronic bk.) 9781483216157 (electronic bk.)

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