Note: 122 Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- History of the BALB/c Family -- Genetic Differences in BALB/c Sublines -- Some Unusual Genetic Characteristics of BALB/c and Evidence for Genetic Variation Among BALB/c Substrains -- Genetic Differences in BALB/c Sublines -- A Series of Recombinant Inbred Strains Between the BALB/cHeA and STS/A Mouse Strains -- Characteristics of the wm Substrain of BALB/c Mice -- Qa2 Expression in BALB/c Sublines and a BALB/cLAC Tumor -- Studies into the raj and Rif Genes in the Mouse -- Genetic Analysis of Alphafetoprotein Levels in BALB/c Sublines -- The Origin and Meiotic Instability of a Polymorphic Repetitive Sequence PRJ Family -- Genetic Variation in Catecholamine Responsive Metabolic Pathways - A Hypothesis for a Common Regulatory Mechanism in BALB/c Sublines -- DNA Hybridization Subtraction: Differences Detected Between BALB/cAnPt and BALB/cJax at the DNA Level -- Differential Susceptibility of BALB/c Sublines to Diabetes Induction by Multi-Dose Streptozotocin Treatment -- Genetically Contaminated BALB/c Nude Mice -- The Genetic Stability of Endogenous Type Band C Retroviruses in BALB/c Sublines -- Differences in Response to Infections -- Response of BALB/c Mice to LeishmaniaI Infection -- Immunoprophylaxis in BALB/c Mice: A Model for Development of Protection Against Primary and Secondary Infection with Leishmania major -- Genetic Control of Systemic Leishmania major Infection: Identification of Subline Differences for Susceptibility to Disease -- Role of T Cells in the Unusual Cutaneous Responses to Leishmania in BALB/c Mice -- Susceptibility of BALB/c Sublines to Infection with Listeria Monocytogenes -- Genetic Control of the Macrophage Inflammatory Response Elicited in a Subcutaneous Site. , Interaction of Nocardia asteroides in BALB/c Mice: Modulation of Macrophage Function, Enzyme Activity and the Induction of Immunologically Specific T-Cell Bactericidal Activity -- The BALB/c Mouse as a Model to Study Orthopoxviruses -- Genetic Control of Multisystem Autoimmune Disease in Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infected BALB/cCUM and BALB/cBYJ Mice1 -- Susceptibility to Abelson or Moloney Murine Leukemia Viruses -- Immune Response Differences -- Immunological Tolerance in BALB/c Mice -- The Tol-1 Gene in BALB/c Mice -- Differential Susceptibility to Experimental Autoimmune Orchitis in BALB/c Substrains -- Variation in Responsiveness of BALB/c Sublines and Congenic Mice to Phase I Coxiella burnetii Infection and Vaccination -- Isotype-Specific Interactions Between Regulatory T Cells and Secreted and Membrane-Bound Monoclonal Immunoglobulins -- Genetic Control of Immunoglobulin Isotype Restriction -- Plasmacytomagenesis and Response to Mineral Oils -- Pristane-Ioduced Arthritis in BALB/c Mice -- Response of the Peritoneal Mesothelium to the Mineral Oil, Pristane -- BALB/c Subline Differences in Susceptibility to Plasmacytoma Induction -- Differences in the Peritoneal Response to Pristane in BALB/cAnPt and BALB/cJ Mice.

Note: 210 Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Silicon, Silica, Silicones: Chemistry and Degradation -- Silica, Silicon and Silicones ... Unraveling the Mystery -- Chemical, Physical and Mechanical Analysis of Explanted Breast Implants -- Silicon and Silicone Levels in Patients with Silicone Implants -- Detection of Silicone Migration and Biodegradation with NMR1 -- Serum Silicon Levels are Elevated in Women with Silicone Gel Implants -- Interaction of Silicones with Proteins and Tissues -- The Development of an ELISA Method for the Detection of "Antibodies" to Silicone -- The Adsorption of Proteins on a Polydimethylsiloxane Elastomer (PEP) and Their Antigenic Behavior -- Aspecific Immunoglobulin Binding to Hydrophobic Surfaces -- Cytotoxicity and Membrane Damage in vitro by Inclusion Complexes Between γ-Cyclodextrin and Siloxanes -- Adjuvancy of Silicones -- Induction of Type II Collagen Arthritis in the DA Rat Using Silicone Gel as Adjuvant -- The Adjuvancy of Silicones: Dependency on Compartmentalization -- The Adjuvant Effect of Silicone Gel and Silicone Elastomer Particles in Rats -- Silicone Gel and Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane Potentiate Antibody Production to Bovine Serum Albumin in Mice -- Macrophages, Polyreactive and Antilipid Antibodies -- Fibrogenic and Other Biological Effects of Silica -- Macrophages in Host Defense Mechanisms -- Structure and Function of Natural Antibodies -- Antibodies to Cholesterol: Biological Implications of Antibodies to Lipids -- T Cell, NK Cell Responses to Silicones -- Silicone-Induced T Cell Proliferation in Mice -- Silicone-induced Modulation of Natural Killer Cell Activity -- HLA Typing in Women With and Without Silicone Gel-filled Breast Implants. , T Cell-Mediated Immune Response to Silica in Silicone Breast Implant Patients -- Immunohistopathology and T Cell Receptor Gene Expression in Capsules Surrounding Silicone Breast Implants -- Cellular Reactions to Silicone Implants -- Macrophage-Silicone Interactions in Women with Breast Prostheses -- Microscopic Techniques and Histologic Findings in Silicone Mammary Implant Capsules and Regional Paranodal Tissues -- Autoimmune Antibodies -- Antinuclear Antibodies in Apparently Healthy Women with Breast Implants -- Silicone Binding Immunoglobulins in Human Sera -- Autoantibodies in Patients with Silicone Implants -- Clinical and Laboratory Features of Patients with Scleroderma and Silicone Implants -- Re-Evaluation of Autoantibodies and Clinical Overview of Silicone-Related Disorders -- Development of Scleroderma-like Syndrome in Tsk/+ Mice Is Not Enhanced by Silicone Administration -- Comparative Epitope Mapping of Antibodies to Collagen in Women with Silicone Breast Implants, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis -- The Prevalence of Autoantibodies in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients with Breast Implants and Patients with Fibromyalgia -- Monocyte/Macrophage Infiltrates in the Salivary Glands of Women with Silicone Breast Implants -- Novel Anti-Silicone Surface-Associated Antigen Antibodies (Anti-SSAA(x)) May Help Differentiate Symptomatic Patients with Silicone Breast Implants from Patients with Classical Rheumatological Disease -- Laboratory Studies in Breast Implant Patients: ANA Positivity, Gammaglobulin Levels, and Other Autoantibodies -- MGUS, Myeloma, Plasmacytoma -- Is the Risk of Multiple Myeloma Increased in Patients with Silicone Implants? -- Multiple Myeloma in Women with Silicone Breast Implants. Serum Immunoglobulin and Interleukin-6 Studies in Women at Risk. , Silicone Gel Implants and Monoclonal Gammopathies: Three Cases of Multiple Myeloma and the Prevalence of Multiple Myeloma and Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance -- Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance -- The National Cancer Institute Silicone Implant/Multiple Myeloma Registry -- The Epidemiology of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance: A Review -- Plasmacytoma Development in Mice Injected with Silicone Gels -- Epidemiology -- The Association of Augmentation Mammoplasty with Connective Tissue Disease, Including Systematic Sclerosis (Scleroderma): A Meta-Analysis -- The Prevalence of Breast Implants Among Women in the United States -- Epidemiology of Autoimmune and Immunological Diseases in Association with Silicone Implants: Is There an Excess of Clinical Disease or Antibody Response in Population-based or Other "Controlled" Studies?.