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1 v. (various pagings) : chiefly col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Focuses on the human immune system and synthesizes immunological concepts into a comprehensible and reader-friendly account of how the immune system works. Written for undergraduate, medical, veterinary, dental, and pharmacy students in immunology courses, this work makes use of medical examples to illustrate points.
1. Elements of the immune system and their roles in defense -- 2. Innate immunity -- 3. Principles of adaptive immunity -- 4. Antibody structure and the generation of B-cell diversity -- 5. Antigen recognition by T lymphocytes -- 6. The development of B lymphocytes -- 7. The development of T lymphocytes -- 8. T cell-mediated immunity -- 9. Immunity mediated by B cells and antibodies -- 10. The body?s defenses against infection -- 11. Failures of the body?s defenses -- 12. Over-reactions of the immune system -- 13. Disruption of healthy tissue by the immune response -- 14. Vaccination to prevent infectious disease -- 15. Transplantation of tissues and organs -- 16. Cancer and its interactions with the immune system
"Adapted from Immunobiology by Charles A. Janeway, Jr., Paul Travers, and Mark Walport; also published by Garland Science."