The chemical aspects of immunity / [Harry Gideon Wells].

  • Harry Gideon Wells
Date:
1929
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Credit: The chemical aspects of immunity / [Harry Gideon Wells]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Introduction 21 Immunological Reactions as Chemical Reactions . . 21 Definition of Terms Used in Immunology .... 22 II Antigens 26 The Character of Antigens 27 Can Homologous Proteins be Antigenic? 30 The Effect of Alterations in the Protein Molecule on the Antigenic Property 31 Coagulation 31 Cleavage 33 Plasteins 35 Compound Proteins as Antigens 36 Artificial Compound Proteins 36 Protein-free Carbohydrate “Antigens” (Haptens) . 39 Nucleoproteins 40 Hemoglobin 45 Racemization of Proteins 46 Bacterial Toxins 49 The Antigenic Capacity of Enzymes 53 Tuberculin 54 Mushroom Poisons .55 Lipoids as Antigens 56 Bacterial Lipoids 58 Lipoids as “Antigens” in Complement Fixation Re- actions 59 Effects of Lipoids on Antigenic Activity of Proteins . 60 Heterophile Lipoid Antibodies 61 Recapitulation 64 III Immunological Specificity 67 Relation of Immunological to Biological Specificity . . 67 Distinct Antigens in a Single Species 70 i5
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