Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Elsevier,
[2020]
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| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book. |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the immune system : nomenclature, general properties, and components
- 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 development of immune repertoires
- T cell-mediated immunity : activation of T lymphocytes
- Effector mechanisms of T cell-mediated immunity : functions of T cells in host defense
- Humoral immune responses : activation of B lymphocytes and production of antibodies
- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins
- Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity : self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure
- Immunology of tumors and transplantation : immune responses to cancer cells and normal foreign cells
- Hypersensitivity : disorders caused by immune responses
- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immunity.