How the immune system works
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Publishing ,
c2008
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. An overview
- 2. The innate immune system
- 3. B cells and antibodies
- 4. The magic of antigen presentation
- 5. T cells and cytokines
- 6. Lymphoid organs and lymphocyte trafficking
- 7. Turning off the immune system
- 8. Tolerance induction and MHC restriction
- 9. Immunological memory and vaccines
- 10. Immunopathology: the immune system gone wrong
- 11. Cancer and the immune system
- 12. A critique of the immune system