Immunology at a glance
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Immunology at a glance
Blackwell Science, c1996
6th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The At a Glance series sets out to summarise the essential information about a particular subject for the student requiring a quick introduction or a guide to revision. This is achieved by taking each part of the subject in turn and
Table of Contents
- Immunity:
- The scope of immunology
- Natural and adaptive immune mechanisms
- Evolution of immune mechanisms
- Cells involved in immunity: the haemopoietic system
- Natural immunity:
- Complement
- Acute inflammation
- Phagocytic cells: the reticulo-endothelial system
- Phagocytosis
- Adaptive immunity:
- (i) The cellular basis
- Lymphocytes
- Primary lymphoid organs and lymphopoiesis
- Secondary lymphoid organs and lymphocyte traffic
- (ii) The molecular basis
- Evolution of recognition molecules
- The major histocompatibility complex
- The T cell receptor
- Antibody diversification and synthesis
- Antibody structure and function
- (iii) The adaptive immune response
- Antigen recognition and processing
- The antibody response
- Antigen-antibody interaction and immune complexes
- Cell-mediated immune responses
- (iv) Regulation
- Tolerance
- Idiotypes, anti-idiotypes and networks
- The cytokine network
- Immunity, hormones and the brain
- Potentially useful immunity:
- Anti-microbial immunity: a general scheme
- Immunity to viruses
- Immunity to bacteria
- Immunity to fungi
- Immunity to protozoa
- Immunity to worms
- Immunity to tumours
- Undesirable effects of immunity:
- Harmful immunity: a general scheme
- Allergy and anaphylaxis
- Immune complexes, complement and disease
- Chronic and cell-mediated inflammation
- Autoimmunity
- Transplant rejection
- Altered immunity:
- Immunosuppression
- Immunodeficiency
- HIV and AIDS
- Immunostimulation and vaccination
- Appendices:
- Comparative sizes
- Comparative molecular weights
- Landmarks in the history of immunology
- Some unsolved problems
- The CD classification
- Index
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