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Cellular and molecular immunology /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abbas, Abul K.
Other Authors: Lichtman, Andrew H., Pober, Jordan S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : W. B. Saunders, [2000]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Immunity, Cellular.
Antigens > immunology.
Lymphocytes > immunology.
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. 1. Introduction to immunology
  • General properties of immune responses
  • Cells and tissues of the immune system
  • Sect. 2. Recognition of antigens
  • Antibodies and antigens
  • The major histocompatibility complex
  • Antigen processing and presentation to T lymphocytes
  • Antigen receptors and accessory molecules of T lymphocytes
  • Sect. 3. Maturation, activation, and regulation of lymphocytes
  • Lymphocyte maturation and expression of antigen receptor genes
  • Activation of T lymphocytes
  • B cell activation and antibody production
  • Immunologic tolerance
  • Sect. 4. Effector mechanisms of immune responses
  • Cytokines
  • Innate immunity
  • Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immunity
  • Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity
  • The immune response: a summary
  • Sect. 5. Immunity in defense and disease
  • Immunity to microbes
  • Transplantation immunology
  • Immunity to tumors
  • Diseases caused by immune responses: hypersensitivity and autoimmunity
  • Immediate hypersensitivity
  • Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies
  • Appendix I: Glossary
  • Appendix II: Principal features of CD molecules
  • Appendix III: Laboratory techniques commonly used in immunology.