About this book
Introduction
Organ transplantation has almost disappeared from headlines in the daily press, possibly because it failed to fulfill exaggerated expectations. Transplanta tion pathology has become more and more important, not only with relation to therapeutic transplantations but even more in its fundamental theories. There is some analogy here to the development in space science where spectacular achievements were followed by sobering frustrations and where, for the time being, the effect on technology is more fruitful than the outcome of the original far-reaching projects. That transplant rejection was defined, in most of its stages, as an immunologic process, has given many new impulses to immunology in general. Transplantation assays have become a pet experiment in immunobiology and an abundant source of general information and knowledge. The implications of such a development could not be predicted when the present volume was outlined and planned. In accordance with the concept of WILLI MASSHOFF, general transplantion pathology was given a central position as a fundamental science, while the chapters on the transplantation of various tissues are of a more paradigmatic character. It was MASSHOFF who invited competent authors and who managed to balance their articles, despite some overlapping, so as to draw a comprehensive picture of contemporary transplanta tion pathology. WILLI MASSHOFF died while he was editing the first manuscripts. As co-editors we have undertaken to complete the publication that we began together.
Keywords
Histokompatibilität Transplantation biology histocompatibility immunology pathology tissue
Authors and affiliations
- K. T. Brunner
- C. E. Calkins
- J.-C. Cerottini
- C. C. Congdon
- E. L. Cooper
- H. Cottier
- D. A. L. Davies
- F. Eitel
- J. Hagmann
- E. S. Henderson
- M. Hess
- M. W. Hess
- E. N. Hinzpeter
- H. P. Hobik
- T. Hraba
- M. Jäger
- P. H. K. Jap
- M. Jeannet
- C. R. Jerusalem
- G. R. F. Krueger
- H. U. Keller
- Z. J. Lucas
- G. O. H. Naumann
- R. Pichlmayr
- L. Schweiberer
- M. Segall
- R. Storb
- O. Stutman
- C. J. Wirth
- K. Wonigeit
- 1.Schweizerisches Institut für Experimentelle KrebsforschungÉpalinges s/LausanneSwitzerland
- 2.Cellular Immunbiology SectionMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew YorkUSA
- 3.Ludwig Institute for Cancer ResearchÉpalinges s/LausanneSwitzerland
- 4.Memorial Research CenterThe University of TennesseeKnoxvilleUSA
- 5.Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, The Center for the Health SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesUSA
- 6.Pathologisches Institut der UniversitätBernSwitzerland
- 7.Research DivisionG.D. Searle & Co. Ltd.High Wycombe, BucksEngland
- 8.Abt. UnfallchirurgieChirurgische UniversitätsklinikHomburg/SaarGermany
- 9.Department of Health, State of New YorkRoswell Park Memorial InstituteBuffaloUSA
- 10.Augen-AbteilungAllgemeines Krankenhaus HeidelbergHamburg 62Germany
- 11.Pathologisches Institut der UniversitätMünster/WestfGermany
- 12.Institute of Experimental Biology and GeneticsCzechoslovak Academy of SciencesPrague 4ČSSR
- 13.Orthopädische KlinikMünchen 90Germany
- 14.Faculteit der Geneeskunde, Laboratorium voor Cytologie en HistologieKatholieke UniversiteitNijmegenHolland
- 15.Unité d’Immunologie de TransplantationHôpital CantonalGenève 4Switzerland
- 16.Immunpathologische LaboratorienPathologisches Institut der UniversitätKöln 41Germany
- 17.Department of SurgeryStanford University Medical CenterStanfordUSA
- 18.Abteilung und Lehrstuhl IIUniversitäts-AugenklinikTübingenGermany
- 19.Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Department ChirurgieMedizinische HochschuleHannover-KleefeldGermany
- 20.Institut für Genetik der UniversitätKöln 41West-Germany
- 21.Department of Medicine, Division of OncologyUniversity of WashingtonSeattleUSA
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