Color Plates.

PART I: INNATE AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY.

1. Immunology. (Cindy Takeuchi and Paul Wentworth)

2. Superantigens. (Matthew D. Baker and K. Ravi Acharya)

3. Antigen Presenting Cells (APCs). (Harald Kropshofer and Anne B. Vogt)

4. Cell Mediated Immune Defence. (Martin F. Bachmann and Thomas M. Kundig)

5. Immunologic Memory. (Alexander Ploss and Eric G. Pamer)

PART II: SIGNALING IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

6. Molecular Mediators: Cytokines (Jean-Marc Cavaillon)

7. Interleukins. (Anthony Meager)

8. Viral Inhibitors and Immune Response Mediators: The Interferons. (Anthony Meager)

9. Signaling Through JAKs and STATs: Interferons Lead the Way. (Christian Schindler and Jessica Melillo)

PART III: TECHNIQUES.

10. Flow Cytometry. (Michael G. Ormerod)

11. Immunoassays. (James P. Gosling)

12. Genetic Engineering of Antibody Molecules. (Manuel L. Penichet and Sherie L, Morrison)

PART IV: IMMUNOLOGICAL DISORDERS.

13. Autoantibodies and Autoimmunity. (Kenneth Michael Pollard)

14. Synovial Mast Cells in Inflammatory Arthritis. (Theoharis C. Theoharides)

15. Molecular and Cell Biology of AIDS/HIV. (Andrew M.L. Lever)

Index.