 Immunology: A Short Course, 5th Edition
ISBN: 978-0-471-22689-5
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392 pages
October 2003
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Contributors.
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Fifth Edition.
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Fourth Edition.
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Third Edition.
Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW.
2. ELEMENTS OF INNATE AND ACQUIRED IMMUNITY.
3. IMMUNOGENS AND ANTIGENS.
4. ANTIBODY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
5. ANTIGEN–ANTIBODY INTERACTIONS, IMMUNE ASSAYS, AND EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS.
6. THE GENETIC BASIS OF ANTIBODY STRUCTURE.
7. BIOLOGY OF THE B LYMPHOCYTE.
8. BIOLOGY OF THE T LYMPHOCYTE.
9. THE ROLE OF THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE.
10. ACTIVATION AND FUNCTION OF T AND B CELLS.
11. CYTOKINES.
12. TOLERANCE AND AUTOIMMUNITY.
13. COMPLEMENT.
14. HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS: ANTIBODY-MEDIATED (TYPE I) REACTIONS.
15. HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS: ANTIBODY-MEDIATED (TYPE II) CYTOTOXIC REACTIONS AND IMMUNE COMPLEX (TYPE III) REACTIONS.
16. HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS: T CELL–MEDIATED (TYPE IV) DELAYED-TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY.
17. IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS AND NEOPLASIAS OF THE LYMPHOID SYSTEM.
18. TRANSPLANTATION.
19. TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY.
20. RESISTANCE AND IMMUNIZATION TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Glossary.
Appendix: Partial List of CD Antigens.
Index.
