BookDiana Boraschi and Albert Duschl.
Summary: Nanoparticles and the Immune System provides a reference text for toxicologists, materials scientists and regulators and covers the key issues of interaction of nanomaterials with the immune system. The book discusses several issues that toxicologists and regulators need to know: identification of endpoints that are relevant for assessing hazard, evaluating impact on immunologically frail populations, and how to evaluate chronic/cumulative effects. In addition, the book addresses the possibility of turning the immunomodulating properties of certain nanomaterials to our advantage.
Contents:
How innate and adaptive immunity work
Nanoparticles and innate immunity
Nanoparticles and adaptive immunity
Nanoparticles and allergy
Nanoparticles and immunological frailty
Nanoparticles in medicine: nanoparticle engineering for macrophage targeting and nanoparticles that avoid macrophage recognition
Summary and outlook.