Book Review

MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: A Textbook of Comparative General Pathology, D. O. Slauson, B. J. Cooper

PHAGOCYTIC CELLS, J. I. Gallin, A. S. Fauci, eds.

MICROBIAL PERTURBATION OF HOST DEFENCES, Francis 0'Grady, Harry Smith, Eds.

IMMUNOMODULATION BY BACTERIA AND THEIR PRODUCTS, H. Friedman, T.W. Klein, A. Szentivanyi, eds.

DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF UVEITIS AT ATLAS APPROACH, Editors: A.H. Friedman M. Luntz, W.L. Henley

BLOOD: GIFT OR MERCHANDISE, P.J. Hagen

IMMUNOGENETICS, M.B. Zaleski, S. Dubiski, E.G. Niles, R.K. Cunningham

COPING WITH THE BIOMEDICAL LITERATURE, K.S. Warren, Ed.

IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF THE EOSINOPHIL, T. Yoshida M. Torisu, Eds.

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF Fc RECEPTORS, A. Froese, F. Paraskevas, Eds.

THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM, N. Cohen

THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM, N.R. Rose, B.V. Siegel, Eds.     

Book Review

Molecular Immunology A Textbook M.Z. Atassi, C.J. van Oss and D.R. Absolom, Eds. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1984; hardbound, x + 725 pages, $47.50.

ESSENTIALS OF IMMUNOLOGY W.H. Hildemann Elsevier, New York/Amsterdam, 1984; hardbound, 164 pages, $19.50

THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM Volume 6: Immunology J.A. Bellanti and H.B. Herscowitz, Eds. Plennum Press, New York, 1984; hardbound, 347 pages, $55.00

THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM Vol. 7A: Physiology S.M. Reichard and J.P. Filkins, Eds. Plenum, New York, 1984; hardbound, 411 pages, $59.50

WHITE CELL MECHANICS Basic Science and Clinical Aspects H.J. Meiselman, K.A. Lichtman & P.L. LaCelle, Eds. Alan R. Liss, New York, 1984; hardbound, 318 pages

IMMUNOLOGY OF PARASITIC INFECTIONS Second Edition S. Cohen and K.S. Warren, Eds. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1982 hardbound, 848 pages, $96.00

IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF PARASITES AND PARASITIC INFECTIONS J.J. Marchalonis, editor Plenum Press, New York, 1984; hardbound, 497 pages

GIARDIA AND GIARDIASIS L. Erlandsen and E.A. Meyer, Eds. Plenum Press, New York, 1984; hardbound, 407 pages, $65.00     

Book Reviews

IMMUNOLOGIC DISORDERS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN, E.R. Stiehm, V.A. Fulginiti, Eds.

T AND B LYMPHOCYTES: ORIGINS, PROPERTIES AND ROLES IN IMMUNE RESPONSES, M.F. Greaves, J. J. T. Owen.

PROGRESS IN IMMUNOLOGY II, L. Brent, J. Holborow, eds.

IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE (Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Applications), D.H. Katz, B. Benacerraf, eds.

ESSENTIAL IMMUNOLOGY, by I.M. Roitt.     

Book Review

GENERAL IMMUNOLOGY by E. L. Cooper

ANTIBODY AS A TOOL The Applications of Immunochemistry, J. J. Marchalonis, G. W. Warr, Eds., A. Johnstone

Both of the above-mentioned works provide a vast array of immunochemical techniques, for the non-immunologist or the beginning immunologist (on a graduate level).

CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY OF THE KIDNEY, J.B. Zabriskie H., Fillit H., Villareal Jr. E.L. Becker, Eds.

IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN RENAL DISEASES, N.B. Cummings, A.F., Michael

SERUM PROTEIN ABNORMALITIES (Diagnostic and Clinical Aspects), S.E. Ritzmann, J.C. Daniels, Eds.

IMMUNITY AND CONCOMMITANT IMMUNITY IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES P. Kallos, ed.

SEMINAR ON AUTIGEN-AMTIBODY REACTIONS REVISITED, C.A. Bell, Ed.     

Book Review

Comparative Immunobiology, M. J. Manning, R. J. Turner

Immunity In Evolution, J. J. Marchalonis, Carel J. van Oss

Microbiology, D, Schlessinger, Editor

THE LYMPHOCYTE Structure and Function—Parts I & II, J.J. Marchalonis, Ed., Marcel Dekker.

Basic And Clinical Immunology, H.H. Fudeuberg, D.P. Sites, J.L. Caldwell, J.V. Wells, Eds.

TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS AND IMMUNITY, R.L. Crowell, H. Friedman, J.E. Prier:hardbound

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY, George D. Snell, Jean Dausset     

Book Review

ORIGINS OF LYMPHOCYTE DIVERSITY Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology Volume XLI, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1977 hardbound; 2 volumes, 902 pages; $60.00

IMMUNOCHEMISTRY OF PROTEINS M.Z. Atassi, Ed. Plenum Press, New York, 1977; hardbound, Vol. 1, 485 pages, $44.50; Vol. 2, 438 pages, $44.50

IMMUNOLOGIC ASPECTS OF THE LIVER AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT A. Furguson and R.N.M. MacSween, Eds. University Park Press, Baltimore, 1976 404 pages, hardbound, $19.50

Contemporary Topics in Immunobiology Vol. 6 Immunobiology of oncogenic viruses M.G. Hanna, Jr. and F. Rapp, eds., hardbound, 289 pp.; (Plenum Press, New York); $33.00; 1977

HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS IN SURGERY H.C. Polk, Jr. and H.H. Stone, Editors University Park Press, Baltimore, London, Tokyo, 1977: Hardbound, 158 pages, $16.50

HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE P.L. Altman and D.D. Katz, Eds. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Bethesda, Maryland, 1977; hardbound, 435 pages, $45.00.

MECHANISMS OF TUMOR IMMUNITY Edited by Ira Green, Stanley Cohen and Robert T. McCluskey:hardbound; 320 pp (John Wiley & Sons, New York - London - Sydney - Toronto) $19.80

MEDICAL IMMUNOLOGY M.S. Thaler, R.D. Klausner, H.J. Cohen J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, Toronto, 1977; hardbound; 480 pages; $17.00     

Book Reviews

CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY Volume 5, 234 pages (1976) H.N. Eisen and R.A. Reisfeld, Eds. volume 6, 252 pages (1977) R.R. Porter and G.L. Adas, Eds. Plenum Press, New York; hardbound, $25.00/volume.

HLA and Malignancy G.P. Murphy (ed.) E. Cohen, J.E. Fitzpatrick, and D. Pressman (assoc. eds.) Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 1977; hardbound, 248 pages, $24

CONCANAVALIN A T.K. Chowdhury and A.K. Weiss, Eds. Plenum Press, New York, 1975; hardbound, 360 pages, $24.95

ELECTROPHORETIC AND ELECTRO-IMMUNOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF PLASMA PROTEINS Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, Norway, 1972; University Park Press, Baltimore, 1976; 2nd printing: softbound, 136 pages, $20.00

Contemporary Topics in Immunobiology W.O. Weigle (ed.) Plenum Press, New York and London, 1976; Volume 5, hardbound, 341 pages, $29.50

LYMPHOCYTES: ISOLATION, FRACTIONATION AND CHARACTERIZATION J.B. Natvig, P. Perlmann, and H. Wigzell, Eds. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, Norway, 1976 University Park Press, Baltimore, 1976; hardbound, 184 pages, $32.50     

Book Review

LYMPHOKINES 2, Edgar Pick, Ed.

LYMPHOCYTE CIRCULATION: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS, By Maria de Sousa

COMPREHENSIVE IMMUNOLOGY, VOL. 7: IMMUNODERMATOLOGY, Edited By: Bijan Safai

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPES, A.G. Steinberg & C.E. Cook

INFECTIONS IN THE WMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST-PATHOGENESIS, PREVENTION, AND THERAPY, J. Verhoef, P.K. Peterson, F.G. Quil, Eds.

TUMOR CELL SURFACES AND MALIGNANCY, R.O. Hynes, C. F. Fox, Eds.

PROGRESS IN IMMUNOLOGY IV (“IMMUNOLOGY - 80”), M. Fougereau     

Book Review

DIAGNOSTIC IMMUNOPATHOLOGY R.C. Colvin, A.K. Bhan and R.T. McCluskey, Eds. Second Edition, Raven Press, New York, 1955; hardbound, pp. xx+820, $235.00

SAMTER'S IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES M.M. Frank, K.F. Austen, H.N. Claman and E.R. Unanue, Eds. Fifth Edition, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1995; two volumes, hardbound, pp. xv+1548+42(index), $295.00

TRANSFUSION IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICINE edited by Carel J. van Oss Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1995; hardbound, 465 pages, $175.00     

Book Review

MEMBRANE RECEPTORS OF LYMPHOCYTES IN SERUM SYMPOSIUM 1 (Proceedings of the International Symposium in Paris) M. Seligmann, J.L. Preud'homme, F.M. Kourflsky ed., hardbound, 475 p. (North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, London; $39.75) American Elsevier Publishing Co., distributor for U.S.A. and Canada

IN VITRO METHODS IN CELL-MEDIATED AND TUMOR IMMUNITY B.R. Bloom and J.R. Davids, Eds. Academic Press, New York, 1976; $34.50; hardbound, xxix + 748 pages

IMMUNOCHEMISTRY OF ENZYMES AND THEIR ANTIBODIES M.R.J. Salton, Editor John Wiley & Sons New York,1977 Hardbound, 230 pages, $19.00

THE GRANULOCYTE: FUNCTION AND CLINICAL UTILIZATION T.J. Greenwalt and G.A. Jamieson, Eds., Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York,1977; hardbound, xiii + 322 pages, $ 30.00     

Book Review

MANUAL OF LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2nd Edition N. R. Rose and H. Friedman, Eds. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.,1980, 1105 pages, softbound $21.00, hardbound $25.00

MANUAL OF LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY J.E. Peacock R.H. Tomar Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia,1980; softbound, 228 pages, $17.00

VACCINE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES J.I. Duffy, Ed. Noyes Data Co., Park Ridge, NJ,1980; hardbound, 402 pages, $48

CELL SUBSTRATES (Their Use in the Production of Vaccines and other Biologicals) J.C. Petricciani, H.E. Hopps & P.J. Chapple, Eds. Plenum Press, New York, London, 1979; hardbound, 220 pages, $29.50

T AND B LYMPHOCYTES: RECOGNITION AND FUNCTION F.H. Bach B. Bonavida E.S. Vitetta C.F. Fox, eds. Hardbound, 709 pages; Academic Press New York, London, 1979; $36.50

INTERFERON AND INTERFERON INDUCERS: Clinical Applications. Modern Pharmacology Toxicology Series, Volume 17). Edited by Dale A. Stringfellow. 1980. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. 320 pages, bound, illustrated $39.50. ISBN: 0-8247-6931-7.     

Book Reviews

Immunological Tolerance, (British Medical Bulletin, Volume 32, No. 2, May, 1976), D. W. Dresser, ed.

Immune Reactivity of Lymphocytes (Development, Expression and Control), M. Feldman, A. Globerson, ed.

Immunogenetics and Immunodeficiency, B. Benacerraf, ed.

Manual of Clinical Immunology, N.R. Rose, H. Friedman, eds.

Immunobiology of the Tumor-Host Relationship, R.T. Smith, M. Landy, eds.

The White Cell, M. L. Cline

Transfer Factor, Basic Properties and Clinical Applications, S. Asbher, A. Gotlieb, Ch. H. Kirkpatrick eds.

The Immune System of Secretions, T.B. Tomasi, Jr.

Surgical Immunology, A.M. Minister, ed.

Comparative Immunology, E.L. Cooper

The Immune System A Course on the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Immunity, M.J. Hobart, I. McConnell, eds.

Immunological Response of the Female Reproductive Tract, B. Cinader, A. de Week

Patch Testing, S. Fregert, H. J. Bandmann, eds.

The Role of Immunological Factors in Infectious, Allergic, and Autoimmune Processes, R. F. Beers, Jr., E. G. Bassett, Eds.     

Book Review

World'S Debt to Pasteur: H. Koprowski and S.A. Plotkin, Eds. Alan R. Liss, New York, 1985; hardbound, 342 pages, $39.50

Immune Complexes and Human Cancer (Contemporary Topics In Immunobiology, Vol. 15) F.A. Salinas and M.G. Hanna, Jr., Eds. Plenum Press, New York, 1985; hardbound, 280 pages, $45.00

The Reticuloendothelial System: Vol. 7B: Physiology S.M. Reichard and J.P. Filkins, Eds. Plenum, New York, 1985; hardbound, 533 pages, $79.50

The Reticoendothelial System: Vol. 8: Pharmacology J.W. Hadden and A. Szentivanyi Plenum, New York, 1985; hardbound, 469 pages, $72.50

Idiotypy A) Idiotypy In Biology And Medicine H. Kohler And J. Urbain and P.-A. Cazenave, Eds. Academic Press, New York, 1984; hardbound, 445 pages, $78.00

Immunochemistry Of Viruses (The Basis for Serodiagnosis and Vaccines) M.H.V. Van Regenmortel and A.R. Neurath, Eds. Elsevier, Amsterdam; New York, 1985; hardbound, 501 pages, $129.50

Affinity Chromatography (A Practical Approach) P.D.G. Dean, W.S. Johnson & F.A. Middle, Eds. IRL Press, Ltd., Oxford; Washington, D.C., 1985; Softbound, 215 pages, $23.00     

Book Review

A History Of Immunology A.M. Silverstein Academic Press, New York, 1989; hardbound, 422 pages, $39.95

Immunology 1930-1980 Essays on the History of Immunology P.M.H. Mazumdar, Ed. Wall & Thompson, Toronto, 1989; harbound, + 307 pages, $39.95

Provocative Challenge Procedures: Background And Methodology Sheldon L. Specter Future Publishing Company, 1989, 672 pages, $92.00

Adverse Reactions to Drug Formulation Agents. A Handbook Of Excipients. (Clinical Pharmacology, Vol. 14) M. Weiner, I.L. Bernstein, Eds. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1989, 463 pages, $125.00

Neuroimmune Networks: Physiology And Diseases Edward J. Goetzl and Novera H. Spector, eds. Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 1989; Hardbound 278 pages, $69.50

Neuroimmunological Diseases: Recent Advances In Pathogenesis And Treatment Proceedings Of An International Symposium Sponsored By The Japan Intractable Diseases Research Foundation Akiro Igata, Ed. Univeristy Of Tokyo Press, 1988; hardbound 409 p., $97.50     

Book Reveiw

Adsorption of Microorganisms to Surfaces by G. Bitton, K.C. Marshall

The Biologic and Clinical Basis of Infectious Diseases by G.P. Youmans, P.Y. Paterson, H.H. Sommers

Immunoassays in the Clinical Laboratory - 1979; & Immunoassays -(Clinical Laboratory Techniques for the 1980s) by R.M. Nakamura, W.R. Dito, E.S. Tucker, Eds.

The Microbial Basis of Pathogenicity Series: Dahlem Workshop Reports; Life Science Research Report No. 16 by H. Smith, J.J. Skehel, M.J. Turner     

Book Review

Nk Cells and Other Natural Effector Cells R.B. Herberman, Ed. Academic Press, New York, 1982; hardbound, 1566 pages, $74.50

Macrophages and Natural Killer Cells S.J. Normann and E. Sorkin, Eds. Plennum Press, New York, 1982; hardbound 847 pages, $95.00

Self-Drfense Mechanisms Role of Macrophages D. Mizuno, Z.A. Cohn, K. Takeya and N. Ishida, Eds. University of Tokyo Press/Elsevier Biomedical Press, Tokyo/Amsterdam, 1982; hardbound, 343 pages, $83.00

The Heticuloendothelial System (A Comprehensive Treatise) Volume 5 Cancer R.B. Herberman and H. Friedman, Eds. Plennum Press, New York, 1983; hardbound, 356 pages, $45.00

Protein Conformation as an Immunological Signal F. Celada, V.N. Schumaker and E.E. Sercarz, Eds. Plenum Press, New York, 1983; hardbound, 505 pages, $69.50

The Biology of Immunologic Disease F.J. Dixon and D.W. Fisher, Eds. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 1983; hardbound, Carge format (three columns per page), 398 pages, $27.95.

Blood Groups of Primates Theory, Practice, Evolutionary Meaning Wsadyslaw W. Socha and Jacques Ruffie (Monographs in Primatology, Volume 3) Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 1983 Hardbound, 282 pages, $56     

Book Review

Retrovirus Biology and Human Disease: Robert C. Gallo and Flossie Wong-Staal, Eds. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1989, 409 pages; hardbound $99.75

Immunophysiology: The Role of Cells and Cytokines in Immunity and Inflammation: Joost J. Oppenheim and Ethan M. Shevach, Eds. Oxford University Press, New York, 1989; hardbound, 448 pages, $72.75

Processing and Presentation of Antigens: B. Pernls, S.C. Silverstein & M.J. Vogel, Eds. Academic Press, New York, 1988; hardbound, 324 pages, $75.00     

Book Review

IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION D.P. Singhal, Ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1994; hardbound, 194 pages, $129.95 ($156.00 outside the U.S.). ISBN: 0-8493-4790-4.

CLINICAL BENEFITS OF LEUKODEPLETED BLOOD PRODUCTS J. Sweeney and A. Heaton, Eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1994; hardbound, 198 pages, $89.95 ($108.00 outside the U.S.). ISBN: 1-57059-122-9.

ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF IMMUNOLOGY J.M. Cruse and R.E. Lewis CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1995; hardbound, 334 pages, $59.95

IMMUNOLOGY OF PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES VII - UNWANTED IMMUNE RESPONSES M.Z. Atassi, Editor Plenum Press, New York, 1994; hardbound, 231 pages, $75.00. ISBN 0-306-44665-0

Monoclonal Antibodies Principles and Applications by J.R. Birch and E.S. Lennox Wiley-Liss, Inc., New York, 1995. 344 pages including index, hardback, $74.95     

Book Review

FRONTLERS IN LMMUNOGENETICS W.H. Hildeman, Editor Elsevier/North-Holland, New York, Amsterdam, Oxford, 1981 Hardbound, 268 pages, $45.00

JENNER'S SMALLPOX VACCINE The Riddle of Vaccinia Virus and its Origin D. Baxby Heinemann, London; Exeter, NH, 1981, Hardbound, 214 pages, $25.00

IMMIJNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES G. Dick, Editor University Park Press, Baltimore, 1979; hardbound, 524 pages, $29.95

IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS Volume II I. Lefkovits and B. Pernis Academic Press, New York, 1981; hardbound 316 pages, $35.00

IMMUNOCHEMICAL TECHNIQVES PARTS B & C, H. Van Vunakis & J.J. Langone, Eds. Academic Press, New York, 1981; hardbound, 739 and 729 pages; $59.00 and $58.00.

SELECTED METHODS IN CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY B.B. Mishell and S.M. Shiigi W.H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, 1980 Hardcover, 486 pages, $31.95     

Book Reviews

MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO IMMUNOLOGY Eds. E.E. Smith and D.W. Ribbons Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1975 354 pages, hard bound, $15.00

IMMUNOBIOLCGY OF THE MACROPHAGE D. S. Nelson, Editor Academic Press, New York, 1976; xiii + 633 pages, hardbound, $39.00

INFECTION AND THE COMPROMISED HOST J.C. Allen, Ed. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1976 Softbound, 176 pages, $10.95

TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION T.J. Greenwalt and G.A. Jamieson, eds.: Grune and Stratton, New York, 1975; 298 pages, hardbound, $26.50

IMMUNOADSORBENTS IN PROTEIN PURIFICATION E. Ruoslahti, Ed. University Park Press, Baltimore, 1976; Hardbound, 86 pages, $16.50 (Supplement No. 2 of the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology).