Monoclonal Antibodies

• 1. Introduction; 2. Production of monoclonal antibodies; 3. Antigen–antibody interactions: how affinity and kinetics affect assay design and selection procedures; 4. The production and characterisation of synthetic peptide-derived antibodies; 5. Human monoclonal antibodies; 6. Bispecific monoclonal antibodies; 7. The production of antibodies using phage display libraries; 8. Genetic manipulation of monoclonal antibodies; 9. Monoclonal antibodies in diagnostic immunoassays; 10A. Monoclonal antibodies in diagnostic pathology; 10B. In vivo targeting of monoclonal antibodies for immunoscintigraphy and therapy of human malignancies; 11A. Monoclonal antibodies in infectious disease: diagnosis; 11B. Monoclonal antibodies in the prophyllaxis and therapy of infectious disease; 12A. Monoclonal antibodies in transplantation: immunohistology; 12B. Monoclonal antibodies in transplantation: experimental studies on in vivo immunosuppression; 12C. Monoclonal antibodies in transplantation: prophyllaxis of graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation; 12D. Monoclonal antibodies in transplantation: use as therapeutic agents in clinical organ transplantation; 13. Monoclonal antibodies and the skin; 14. Monoclonal antibodies in endocrinology; 15. Monoclonal antibodies in rheumatology; 16. Technical appendix.

'This book provides a timely overview of the production and application of mAbs … if everyone using mAbs in their research were to read this then the work of referees might be much reduced … a valuable resource to anyone working with, or contemplating working with, mAbs.' Alan Trudgett, Society for General Microbiology Quarterly