Primer to the immune response / Tak W. Mak, and Mary E. Saunders ; contributors, Maya R. Chaddah, Wendy L
Imprint
Amsterdam : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2011
Edition
Update edition
Descript
xvii, 436 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
CONTENT
Part I. Basic immunology -- Introduction to the immune response -- Components of the immune system -- Innate immunity -- The B cell receptor: proteins and genes -- B cell development, activation and effector functions -- The major histocompatibility complex -- Antigen processing and presentation -- The T cell receptor: proteins and genes -- T cell development, activation and effector functions -- Regulation of immune response in the periphery -- NK, [gamma][delta] T and NKT cells -- Mucosal and cutaneous immunity. -- Part II. Clinical immunology -- Immunity to infection -- Vaccination -- HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Tumor immunology -- Transplantation -- Immune hypersensitivity -- Autoimmune diseases -- Hematopoietic cancers. -- Appendix A: Selected landmark discoveries in immunology -- Appendix B: Nobel prizes awarded for work in immunology -- Appendix C: Comparative immunology -- Appendix D: Selected CD markers -- Appendix E: Cytokines, chemokines and receptors -- Appendix F: Laboratory uses of antibodies