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Introductory Immunology: Basic Concepts for Interdisciplinary Applications, 3rd Edition, is a completely updated, revised, and expanded concise, conceptual approach to understanding the immune systems as a primary defense to maintain health and homeostasis. This expanded version includes the aspects...

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Main Author: Actor, Jeffrey K. (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA, United States ; Cambridge, MA, United States ; Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom : Elsevier, Academic Press, an Imprint of Elsevier, [2023]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Immunology.
Immunity.
Immune system.
Immune System Phenomena
Allergy and Immunology
Immunity
Immunité.
Système immunitaire.
Immunology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A functional overview of the immune system and components
  • The inflammatory response
  • The B lymphocyte: antibodies and how they function
  • T lymphocytes: ringleaders of adaptive immune function
  • How we defend against infectious agents
  • Basic disorders of immune function
  • Autoimmunity: regulation of response to self
  • Immune hypersensitivities
  • Vaccines and immunotherapy
  • Cancer immunology
  • Transplantation immunology
  • Assessment of immune parameters and immunodiagnostics.