Immunobiology : the immune system in health and disease /
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| Language: | English |
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London ; San Francisco : New York :
Current Biology Limited ; Garland Pub. Inc.,
[1994]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to immunobiology
- Basic concepts in immunology
- Induction, measurement and manipulation of the immune response
- Recognition of antigen
- Structure of the antibody molecule and immunoglobulin genes
- Antigen recognition by T lymphocytes
- Development of lymphocyte repertoires
- Development of B lymphocytes
- Thymus and the development of T lymphocytes
- Adaptive immune response
- T-cell mediated immunity
- Humoral immune response
- Immune system in health and disease
- Host defense against infection.
- Failures of host defense mechanisms
- Immune responses in the absence of infection
- Control and manipulation of the immune response.