Basic Immunology

Functions and Disorders of the Immune System With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

By
  • Abul Abbas, MBBS, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
  • Andrew H. Lichtman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Shiv Pillai, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA

Understand all the essential concepts in immunology with Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System! This concise, focused text provides you with an up-to-date, accessible introduction to the workings of the human immune system.

Audience
Medical Students, Allied Health course-takers, and lower-level Immunology undergrad courses

Paperback, 336 Pages

Published: November 2012

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-1-4557-0707-2

Contents

  • 1. Introduction to the Immune System

    2. Innate Immunity

    3. Antigen Capture and Presentations to Lymphocytes

    4. Antigen Recognition in the Adaptive Immune System

    5. Cell-Mediated Immune Responses

    6. Effector Mechanisms of Cell-Mediated Immunity

    7. Humoral Immune Responses

    8. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity

    9. Immunologic Tolerance and Autoimmunity

    10. Immune Responses Against Tumors and Transplants

    11. Hypersensitivity Diseases

    12. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies

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    Appendix I: Principal Features of CD Molecules

    Appendix II: Glossary

    Appendix III: Clinical Cases

    Index

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