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Book SynopsisThe 55th Nobel Symposium entitled "Genetics of the Immune Response" took place in Saltsjobaden, Sweden, June 15 - 17, 1982. The symposium was sponsored by the Nobel Foundation and its Nobel Symposium Committee through grants from the Tercentenary Fund of the Bank of Sweden and the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Table of ContentsSession I: Antibody V Genes.- The Formation of Antibody Variable Region Genes.- Discussion.- Session II: Antibody C Genes.- Organization and Reorganization of Constant Region Genes of Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains: Genetic Basis for Class Switching.- Discussion.- Session III: MHC Genes.- Molecular Analysis of MHC Antigens.- Discussion.- Session IV: MHC Antigens and T Cell Function.- Immunological Surveillance: T Cell Repertoire and the Biological Function of MHC Antigen.- Discussion.- Session V: Induction and Effector Functions of T Cells.- Induction and Effector Function of T Cells.- Discussion.- Session VI: T Cell Regulation.- T-Cell Growth Factor, A Lymphocytotropic Hormone.- Discussion.- Session VII: B Cell Differentiation.- Stimulation of a B Cell Subset by Anti-Immunoglobulin and T Cell-Derived Regulatory Molecules.- Discussion.- Session VIII: B Cell Regulation I.- The Degree of Clonal Elimination in Immunological Tolerance and Regulation of Heavy Chain Class.- Discussion.- Session IX: B Cell Regulation II.- Factors Determining Virgin and Postantigenic Repertoires of B Cell Population and Its Subsets.- Discussion.- Session X: Immune Networks.- Is the Network Theory Tautologic?.- Discussion.- List of Participants.
