Immunology for medical students. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert ; illustrations by Ethan Danielson.
• Other Names: Nairn, Roderick; Helbert, Matthew
• Contents: Section one: Introduction ; ; 1.Basic concepts and components of the immune system; ; 2.Basic concepts; ; ; Section two: Antigen-recognition molecules ; ; 3.Introduction to antigen recognition; ; 4.Antigens and antibody structure; ; 5.Antibody-antigen interaction; ; 6.Antibody diversity; ; 7.The T cell receptor; ; 8.Major histocompatibility complex; ; 9.Review of antigen recognition; ; ; Section three: Physiology ; ; 10.Antigen processing and presentation; ; 11.Lymphocyte activation; ; 12.Hematopoiesis; ; 13.The organs and tissues of the immune system; ; 14.B cell development; ; 15.T cell development; ; 16.Cell-cell interaction in generating effector lymphocytes; ; 17.Immunological memory; ; 18.Review of immune physiology; ; ; ; Section four: Innate Immunity ; ; 19.Constitutive defenses including complement; ; 20.Phagocytes; ; 21.Killing in the immune system; ; 22.Inflammation; ; 23.Review of innate immunity; ; ; Section five: Immune system in health and disease ; ; 24.Infections and vaccines; ; 25.Hypersensitivity reactions; ; 26.Immediate hypersensitivity (type I): allergy; ; 27.Autoimmunity; ; 28.Antibody-mediated hypersensitivity (type II); ; 29.Immune complex disease (type III hypersensitivity); ; 30.Delayed hypersensitivity (type IV); ; 31.Primary immunodeficiency; ; 32.Secondary immunodeficiency; ; 33.Transplantation; ; 34.Tumor immunology; ; 35.Immunotherapies; ; 36.Review of immunity in health and disease; ; ; Appendices; ; Glossary; ; Index
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Mosby
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (276 pages)
• Subjects: 616.079; Immunology; Immune System; Immunity; Immune System -- physiology; Immunity, Natural
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323074407; 0323074405
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