Veterinary Immunology - E-Book. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ian R. Tizard.
• Authors: Tizard, Ian R
• Contents: 1. Surviving in a Microbial World; 2. Innate Immunity: How to Detect Invaders; 3. Humoral Innate Immunity: Inflammatory Mediators; 4. Humoral Innate Immunity: The Complement System; 5. Cellular Innate Immunity: Neutrophils and Phagocytosis; 6. Cellular Innate Immunity: Macrophages and Recovery from Inflammation; 7. Sickness: The Body’s Innate Responses; 8. How Immune Cells Communicate: Cytokines and Their Receptors; 9. Antigens: Triggers of Adaptive Immunity; 10. Dendritic Cells and Antigen Processing; 11. The Major Histocompatibility Complex; 12. Organs of the Immune System; 13. Lymphocytes; 14. Helper T Cells and Their Response to Antigens; 15. B Cells and Their Response to Antigens; 16. Antibodies: Soluble Antigen Receptors; 17. How Antigen-Binding Receptors Are Made; 18. T Cells and the Destruction of Cell-Associated Invaders; 19. Innate Lymphoid Cells; 20. Regulation of Adaptive Immunity; 21. The Microbiota and the Immune System; 22. Immunity at Body Surfaces; 23. Immunity in the Fetus and Newborn; 24. Vaccines and Their Production; 25. The Use of Vaccines; 26. Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi; 27. Immunity to viruses; 28. Immunity to Parasites; 29. Mast Cell and Eosinophil Mediated Hypersensitivity; 30. Allergic Syndromes; 31. Red Cell Antigens and Antibody-mediated Hypersensitivity; 32. Immune-complexes and Neutrophil-mediated Hypersensitivity; 33. T Cell-mediated Hypersensitivity; 34. Organ Graft Rejection and Pregnancy; 35. Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy; 36. Autoimmunity: General Principles; 37. Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases; 38. Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases; 39. Primary Immunodeficiencies; 40. Secondary Immunological Defects; 41. Drugs and Other Agents that Affect the Immune System; 42. Immunodiagnostic Techniques; 43. Evolution of the Immune System; GLOSSARY; INDEX
• Edition: 10th
• Publisher Details: Saunders
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (552 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323523486
• Related ISBNs: 032352348X
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