CELLULAR & MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY (P)

by ABBAS

• ISBN13: 9780721655055
• ISBN10: 072165505X
• Edition: 2nd
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: HBC SAUND

Author Biography

Abul K. Abbas, MBBS: Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, California Andrew H. Lichtman, MD, PhD: Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Introduction to Immunology	p. 1
General Properties of Immune Responses	p. 3
Cells and Tissues of the Immune System	p. 16
Recognition of Antigens	p. 41
Antibodies and Antigens	p. 43
The Major Histocompatibility Complex	p. 65
Antigen Processing and Presentation to T Lymphocytes	p. 81
Antigen Receptors and Accessory Molecules of T Lymphocytes	p. 105
Maturation, Activation, and Regulation of Lymphocytes	p. 127
Lymphocyte Maturation and Expression of Antigen Receptor Genes	p. 129
Activation of T Lymphocytes	p. 163
B Cell Activation and Antibody Production	p. 189
Immunologic Tolerance	p. 216
Effector Mechanisms of Immune Responses	p. 241
Cytokines	p. 243
Innate Immunity	p. 275
Effector Mechanisms of Cell-Mediated Immunity	p. 298
Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity	p. 318
Immunity to Microbes	p. 345
The Immune System in Disease	p. 367
Transplantation Immunology	p. 369
Immunity to Tumors	p. 391
Diseases Caused by Immune Responses: Hypersensitivity and Autoimmunity	p. 411
Immediate Hypersensitivity	p. 432
Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies	p. 453
Glossary	p. 477
Principal Features of CD Molecules	p. 506
Laboratory Techniques Commonly Used in Immunology	p. 522
Index	p. 535
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