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Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system /

Abbas, Abul K.,

Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system / - Fifth edition. - ST Louis Elsevier 2016 - x, 335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index.

Introduction to the immune system : nomenclature, general properties, and components -- Innate immunity : the early defense against infections -- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphocytes : what lymphocytes see -- Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system : structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and development of immune repertoires -- T cell-mediated immunity : activation of t lymphocytes by cell-associated antigens -- Effector mechanisms of t cell-mediated immunity : functions of t cells in host defense -- Humoral immune responses : activation of b lymphocytes and production of antibodies -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins -- Immunological tolerance and autoimmunity : self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure -- Immune responses against tumors and transplants : immunity to noninfectious transformed and foreign cells -- Hypersensitivity : disorders caused by immune responses -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immunity.

9780323390828

2015029015


Immunity.
Hypersensitivity.
Immune System--physiology.
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes.

QR181 / .A28 2016

616.07/9

QW 504

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