Chapter 1. General Problems of Immunity

  1. G. E. W. Wolstenholme O.B.E.,M.A.,M.B.,B.Ch.,
  2. Margaret P. Cameron M.A., A.B.L.S.
  1. P. B. Medawar

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470718889.ch1

Book Title

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Preservation and Transplantation of Normal Tissues

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Preservation and Transplantation of Normal Tissues

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How to Cite

Medawar, P. B. (2008) General Problems of Immunity, in Ciba Foundation Symposium - Preservation and Transplantation of Normal Tissues (eds G. E. W. Wolstenholme and M. P. Cameron), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470718889.ch1

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 30 MAY 2008
  2. Published Print: 1 JAN 1954

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470722312

Online ISBN: 9780470718889

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Keywords:

  • telegraphic brevity;
  • skin homografts;
  • tissues;
  • homografts;
  • endocrine glands

Summary

This chapter contains section titled:

  • Biological “Laws” of Transplantation.

  • The mechanism of the immunological response

  • Antibodies

  • Inflammation

  • The passive transfer of immunity

  • The route of immunization

  • Response to pharmacologically active compounds

  • The antigenic stimulus; antigenic transformations

  • The prolongation of the life of homografts

  • The action of adrenal hormones

  • The effect of pregnancy

  • Exposure to foreign cells in foetal life: “actively acquired tolerance’.

  • References

  • Discussion

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