Immunopathology of the Small Intestine (Hardcover)

This is a collection of authoritative reviews covering the wider aspects of small intestinal immunopathology. The last decade has seen many notable advances in this field, such as characterisation of Ia or DR-related gene products on lymphocyte membranes; the antigen-presenting dendritic cell; the discovery of the M cell and the role of Peyer's patches in antigen processing; the trapping and subsequent priming of lymphocytes, and their patterns of migration to other mucosal sites; and the role of T lymphocyte-directed mucosal mast cells.