Cellular and molecular immunology

Abbas, A.K.

Cellular and molecular immunology Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai. - 6th ed. - Philadelphia : Saunders Elsevier, 2007. - viii, 566 p. : 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 -- Immunological 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.

9781416031222 9780808923589 (international ed.)


Microbiology.immunology

QW568 / A11

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