TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wood,Peter
TI  - Understanding immunology
SN  - 0131968459 (paperback : alk. paper)
U1  - 616.079 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Harlow, England, New York
PB  - Pearson Prentice Hall
KW  - Immunology
KW  - Immune System
KW  - Immunity
N1  - 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
ER  -