Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
W.B. Saunders Co.,
[2001]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the immune system: the nomenclature, general properties, and components of the immune system
- Innate immunity: the early defense against infections
- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphocytes: what lymphocytes see
- Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system: structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and the development of immune repertoires
- Cell-mediated immune responses: activation of T lymphocytes by cell-associated microbes
- Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immunity: eradication of intracellular microbes
- Humoral immune responses: activation of B lymphocytes and production of antibodies
- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity: the elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins
- Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity: self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure
- Immune responses against tumors and transplants: immunity to noninfectious transformed and foreign cells
- Hypersensitivity diseases: disorders caused by immune responses
- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies: diseases caused by defective immune responses.