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Basic concepts in immunology : a student's survival guide /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clancy, John, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, [1998]
Series:Supplementary social studies program. Basic concepts series.
Subjects:
Immunity > physiology.
Immune System Diseases > immunology.
Immune System > physiology.
Table of Contents:
  • Definition of general aspects of immune responses
  • Origin, destination, and structure of cells and tissues of the immune system
  • Antigen and antibody structure
  • B cell development
  • The thymus and T cell development
  • Structure and role of the major histocompatibility complex
  • Antigen processing and presentation
  • T cell receptor : structures and functions in T cell activation
  • Humoral immunity
  • Inflammation
  • Anatomical location of immune responses
  • Immediate hypersensitivity
  • Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH)
  • Complement versus cell-mediated lysis
  • Microbial immunity and immunoparasitology
  • Autoimmunity
  • Transplantation
  • Neuroendocrinimmunology