The immune system
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Garland Science ,
c2009
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 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