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Understanding immunology / Peter Wood.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 300 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)ISBN:
  • 0131968459 (paperback : alk. paper)
  • 9780131968455 (paperback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.079 WOO
Contents:
The threat of the body: the role and requirements of the immune system -- The immediate response to infection: innate immunity and the inflammatory response -- Specific immune recognition: the antibody molecule -- T lymphocytes and MHC-associated recognition of antigen -- Generation of diversity: how do T and B cells generate so many different variants of their antigen receptors? -- Anatomy of the immune system -- Anatomical and cellular aspects of antibody production -- Effector mechanisms: dealing with pathogens in vivo (1) antibody-mediated responses -- Effector mechanisms: dealing with pathogens in vivo (2) cell-mediated immunity -- Immunological memory and vaccination -- Lymphocyte development and immunological tolerance -- Autoimmune diseases -- Allergy and other hypersensitivities -- AIDS -- Maniulating the immune system: transplantation and tumours.
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Includes index.

The threat of the body: the role and requirements of the immune system -- The immediate response to infection: innate immunity and the inflammatory response -- Specific immune recognition: the antibody molecule -- T lymphocytes and MHC-associated recognition of antigen -- Generation of diversity: how do T and B cells generate so many different variants of their antigen receptors? -- Anatomy of the immune system -- Anatomical and cellular aspects of antibody production -- Effector mechanisms: dealing with pathogens in vivo (1) antibody-mediated responses -- Effector mechanisms: dealing with pathogens in vivo (2) cell-mediated immunity -- Immunological memory and vaccination -- Lymphocyte development and immunological tolerance -- Autoimmune diseases -- Allergy and other hypersensitivities -- AIDS -- Maniulating the immune system: transplantation and tumours.

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