Immunology for Medical Students / Roderick Nairn, Mathew Helbert

Section One Introduction
Basic concepts and components of the immune system
3 (6)
Basic concepts
9 (10)
Section Two Antigen-recognition molecules
Introduction to antigen recognition
19 (4)
Antigens and antibody structure
23 (8)
Antibody-antigen interaction
31 (8)
Antibody diversity
39 (10)
The T cell receptor
49 (8)
Major histocompatibility complex
57 (8)
Review of antigen recognition
65 (6)
Section Three Physiology
Antigen processing and presentation
71 (8)
Lymphocyte activation
79 (10)
Hematopoiesis
89 (6)
The organs and tissues of the immune system
95 (14)
B cell development
109 (12)
T cell development
121 (12)
Cell-cell interaction in generating effector lymphocytes
133 (10)
Immunological memory
143 (8)
Review of immune physiology
151 (6)
Section Four Innate immunity
Constitutive defenses including complement
157 (10)
Phagocytes
167 (12)
Killing in the immune system
179 (12)
Inflammation
191 (10)
Review of innate immunity
201 (6)
Section Five Immune system in health and disease
Infections and vaccines
207 (8)
Hypersensitivity reactions
215 (6)
Immediate hypersensitivity (type I): allergy
221 (12)
Autoimmunity
233 (12)
Antibody-mediated hypersensitivity (type II)
245 (8)
Immune complex disease (type III hypersensitivity)
253 (8)
Delayed hypersensitivity (type IV)
261 (8)
Primary immunodeficiency
269 (8)
Secondary immunodeficiency
277 (8)
Transplantation
285 (10)
Tumor immunology
295 (10)
Integration of the immune system with other regulatory systems
305 (6)
Review of immunity in health and disease
311 (4)
Index 315

Summary:Joint Winner of The Richard Asher Prize at the Society of Authors and Royal Society of Medicine Medical Book Awards. Presenting a unique balance between science and clinical relevance, this new text is a concise, well-illustrated overview of immunology for students