Cellular and molecular immunology /
Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai.
- 6th ed.
- Philadelphia : Saunders Elsevier, c2007.
- viii, 566 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Properties and overview of immune responses -- Innate immunity -- Cells and tissues of the adaptive immune system -- Antibodies and antigens -- The major histocompatibility complex -- Antigen processing and presentation to T lymphocytes -- Antigen receptors and accessory molecules of T lymphocytes -- Lymphocyte development and the rearrangement and expression of antigen receptor genes -- Activation of T lymphocytes -- B cell activation and antibody production -- Immunologic tolerance -- Cytokines -- Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immunity -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity -- Immunity to microbes -- Transplantation immunology -- Immunity to tumors -- Diseases caused by immune responses: hypersensitivity and autoimmunity -- Immediate hypersensitivity -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies.
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