Coico, Richard

Immunology : a short course / Richard Coico, Geoffrey Sunshine - Seventh edition - Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2015. - xxiii, 406 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Overview of the immune system -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Immunogens and antigens -- Antibody structure and function -- Antigen-antobody interactions, immune assays, and experimental systems -- The genetic basis of antibody structure -- Biology of the B lymphocyte -- How T cells recognize antigen : the role of the major histocompatibility complex -- Biology of the T lymphocyte -- Activation and function of T cells -- Cytokines -- Tolerance and autoimmunity -- Complement -- Hypersensitivity : type I -- Hypersensitivity : types II and III -- Hypersensitivity : type IV -- Immunodeficiency disorders and neoplasias of the lymphoid system -- Transplantation -- Tumor immunology -- Resistance and immununization to infectious diseases

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Immunology
Allergy and Immunology
Immune System Diseases
Immune System Processes
Immunity

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