Immunology

This book covers all of the principle areas of immunology without overburdening the reader with excessive data or theoretical discussions. Each chapter is divided into short, self-contained units that address key aspects of the chapter2s main topic, with important new terms and their definitions highlighted.

Eli Benjamini is a professor emeritus of immunology in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the School of Medicine of the University of California at Davis. Dr. Benjamini has taught immunology to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, as well as having served for 10 years as Chairman of the Graduate Program of Immunology on the Davis campus--a program which he was instrumental in forming. His research interests include the immunobiology of protein antigens, mechanisms of immune regulation, and principles of synthetic vaccine. Richard Coico is a professor and chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the City University of New York Medical School (http://med.cuny.edu). For the past six years, he has directed the Microbiology and Immunology course taught to medical students, and also participates in the teaching of immunology to graduate students and physician assistant students at CUNY. He is a member of the Education Committee of the Association of Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Chairs (AMSMIC) and currently serves as program chair of a biannual meeting sponsored by AMSMIC entitled, Educational Strategies Workshop for Microbiology and Immunology. His research interests include studies of the regulation of antibody responses and germinal center formation, mechanisms of T cell-mediated B cell activation, and the physiologic role of IgD in the immune system. Geoffrey Sunshine is a staff scientist at the Health Effects Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he reviews research on the biological effects of air pollutants. He is also a lecturer in the Department of Pathology at Tufts University School of Medicine. For several years, he has directed a course in immunology for graduate dental students at Tufts University Dental School, and previously directed a course for veterinary students at Tufts University Veterinary School. He was also a member of the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University, doing research in antigen presentation and teaching immunology to medical, graduate, and undergraduate students.