Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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St. Louis, Missouri :
Elsevier ,
c2016
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| Edition: | 5th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to the immune system : nomenclature, general properties, and components
- 2. Innate immunity : the early defense against infections
- 3. Antigen capture and presentation to lymphocytes : what lymphocytes see
- 4. Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system : structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and development of immune repertoires
- 5. T cell-mediated immunity : activation of t lymphocytes by cell-associated antigens
- 6. Effector mechanisms of t cell-mediated immunity : functions of t cells in host defense
- 7. Humoral immune responses : activation of b lymphocytes and production of antibodies
- 8. Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins
- 9. Immunological tolerance and autoimmunity : self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure
- 10. Immune responses against tumors and transplants : immunity to noninfectious transformed and foreign cells
- 11. Hypersensitivity : disorders caused by immune responses
- 12. Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immunity