Environmental Influences on the Immune System /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Esser, Charlotte. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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505 0 |a Preface -- Principal players and structure of the immune system -- Immunosuppression by UV-irradiation -- “Eat your veggies” How food-derived AhR ligands are necessary for the development of a functioning gut immune system -- The “Hygiene Theory” – how the immune system learns its balance by exposure to the right bacteria -- Immunotoxicity of dioxins -- Toxic dust and the immune system -- Adrenalin, cortisol and Co: Stress and the immune system -- Immunity and depression: Does inflammation affect our mood?- Diabetes and low-level persistent inflammation caused by the environment -- Mechanisms of major immunosuppressive drugs -- The immune system in the young -- Immunity and age – exhaustion of repertoire by immune experience -- Major research models -- Epigenetic imprinting influences on the immune competence -- Contact allergy and life-style -- Chemicals breaking tolerance leading to allergies and autoimmunity -- The challenge of predicting immunotoxic potential of chemicals -- Environmental pollution and industrial accidents such as Bhopal– a human rights perspective. . 
650 0 |a Immunology. 
650 0 |a Pharmacology. 
650 0 |a Human physiology. 
650 1 4 |a Immunology. 
650 2 4 |a Pharmacology/Toxicology. 
650 2 4 |a Human Physiology. 
700 1 |a Esser, Charlotte.  |e editor. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
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