Primer to the Immune Response

Academic Cell Update Edition

By
  • Tak Mak, The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario, Canada
  • Mary Saunders, The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario, Canada

Now available with the most current and relevant research from Cell Press, Mak's Primer to the Immune Response, Academic Cell Update Edition, gives readers both the concepts and the applications students need to know to fully grasp Immunology. Mak introduces basic concepts and then follows with specific applications in research today. This book is further enhanced by its inclusion in the Academic Cell collaboration, providing it with links to current and recently published research.

Audience
Undergraduate and graduate students taking the following courses:  Introduction to Immunology, Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Medical Immunology, Medical Microbiology, Microbiology and Immunology, Immunology and Disease

Paperback, 464 Pages

Published: November 2010

Imprint:

ISBN: 978-0-12-384743-0

Contents

  • Preface to the Immunomovie
    Pt. I Basic Immunology 1

    • Ch. 1 Introduction to the Immune Response
    • Ch. 2 Components of the Immune System
    • Ch. 3 Innate Immunity
    • Ch. 4 The B Cell Receptor: Proteins and Genes
    • Ch. 5 B Cell Development, Activation and Effector Functions
    • Ch. 6 The Major Histocompatibility Complex
    • Ch. 7 Antigen Processing and Presentation
    • Ch. 8 The T Cell Receptor: Proteins and Genes
    • Ch. 9 T Cell Development, Activation and Effector Functions
    • Ch. 10 Regulation of Immune Response in the Periphery
    • Ch. 11 NK, [gamma][delta] T and NKT Cells
    • Ch. 12 Mucosal and Cutaneous Immunity

    Pt. II Clinical Immunology

    • Ch. 13 Immunity to Infection
    • Ch. 14 Vaccination
    • Ch. 15 HIV and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
    • Ch. 16 Tumor Immunology
    • Ch. 17 Transplantation
    • Ch. 18 Immune Hypersensitivity
    • Ch. 19 Autoimmune Diseases
    • Ch. 20 Hematopoietic Cancers

    Appendix A Selected Landmark Discoveries in Immunology
    Appendix B Nobel Prizes Awarded for Work in Immunology
    Appendix C Comparative Immunology
    Appendix D Selected CD Markers
    Appendix E Cytokines, Chemokines and Receptors
    Appendix F Laboratory Uses of Antibodies
    Glossary
    Index

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