TY - BOOK AU - Elgert, KD. TI - Immunology: understanding the immune system SN - 9780470081570 (hbk.) PY - 2009/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Microbiology.immunology N1 - Previous ed.: 1996; Also includes: Glossary of commonly used immunologic terms and Appendix : Human cluster of differentiation (CD) molecules; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to the immune system -- Cells and organs of the immune system -- Innate immunity -- Antigens and antibodies -- Antigen-Antibody interactions and some experimental systems -- The genetics of antibody formation and structure -- The major histocompatibility complex and development of immunity -- The T-cell receptor complex : characterization, diversification, costimulatory molecules, thymic selection, and T-cell activation -- Cytokines -- Cellular interactions : development of effector functions and their regulation -- Complement -- Hypersensitivities -- Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity -- Transplantation immunology -- Tumor immunology -- Immunodeficiencies -- Immunity to microbes ER -