http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xvii, 436 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
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 responses in the periphery -- NK, [gamma delta] T and NKT cells -- Mucosal and cutaneous immunity -- Immunity to infection -- Vaccination -- HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Tumor immunology -- Transplantation -- Immune hypersensitivity -- Autoimmune diseases -- Hematopoietic cancers.
Tak W. Mak and Mary E. Saunders ; contributors, Maya R. Chaddah, Wendy L. Tamminen.