Overview
- Provides an overview of ongoing and upcoming clinical applications of basic immunology
- Focuses on immunological fields that can soon be applied to clinical use
- Explores new methodologies, including imaging of CAR-T cells and genetic and epigenetic control of immune cells
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1444)
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About this book
This book overviews ongoing and upcoming clinical applications of basic immunology. Recent advances in our knowledge of immunology coupled with new technologies have aided in the development of efficient cancer immunotherapy, as well as the control of emerging microorganisms such as SARS-CoV-2. However, knowledge of basic immunology has not been fully utilized even after the discoveries of immune checkpoint inhibition for cancer immunotherapy and the development of mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. There is still room for improving the clinical application of basic immunology.
The book summarizes the achievements in clinical applications of basic immunology and highlights what can be further extended to make immunology a more practical human science. Basic immunology and its clinical applications are two wheels of the same cart in the immunology field, which aids in the development of more efficient cancer immunotherapy and rapid control of infectious diseases against microorganisms, including new viruses and classical toxoplasmosis.
The exploration of ongoing and upcoming applications of basic immunology in this book makes it a useful resource for immunologists, physicians, molecular and genome biologists, bioinformaticians, and students in these fields.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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From the Bench to the Bedside
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Front Matter
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Novel Methodologies for the New Era of Immunology
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Mitsuru Matsumoto, MD, PhD, was a Professor of Molecular Immunology at the Institute for Enzyme Research at Tokushima University, Japan, and has been a Professor Emeritus at Tokushima University since 2023. He completed his MD, PhD at Ehime University, School of Medicine. His fields of study include immunology, internal medicine, and genetics engineering. His research focuses on the molecular pathogenesis of autoimmune disease.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Basic Immunology and Its Clinical Application
Editors: Mitsuru Matsumoto
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9781-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-9780-0Published: 13 March 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-9783-1Due: 27 March 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-9781-7Published: 12 March 2024
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 258
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Immunology, Biochemistry, general, Medicine/Public Health, general, Biomedicine, general, Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics