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Professor Benjamin M Chain BA, PhD, FRCPath, Professor of Immunology and Head of Department at the Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London, UK.
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Note on the ninth edition | |
| How to use this book | |
| Further reading | |
| Immunity | |
| The scope of immunology | |
| Innate and adaptive immune mechanisms | |
| Recognition and receptors: the keys to immunity | |
| Evolution of immune mechanisms | |
| Cells involved in immunity: the haemopoietic system | |
| Innate immunity | |
| Receptors of the innate immune system | |
| Complement | |
| Acute inflammation | |
| Phagocytic cells and the reticuloendothelial system | |
| Phagocytosis | |
| Adaptive immunity. (i) The molecular basis | |
| Evolution of recognition mechanisms: the immunoglobulin superfamily | |
| The major histocompatibility complex | |
| The T-cell receptor | |
| Antibody diversification and synthesis | |
| Antibody structure and function..(ii) The cellular basis | |
| Lymphocytes | |
| Primary lymphoid organs and lymphopoiesis | |
| Secondary lymphoid organs and lymphocyte traffic.(iii) The adaptive immune response | |
| Antigen processing and presentation | |
| The antibody response | |
| Antigen-antibody interaction and immune complexes | |
| Cell-mediated immune responses.(iv) Regulation | |
| Tolerance | |
| Idiotypes, anti-idiotypes and networks | |
| The cytokine network | |
| Immunity, hormones and the brain | |
| Potentially useful immunity | |
| Anti-microbial immunity: a general scheme | |
| Immunity to viruses | |
| Immunity to bacteria | |
| Immunity to fungi and ectoparasites | |
| Immunity to protozoa | |
| Immunity to worms | |
| Immunity to tumours | |
| Undesirable effects of immunity | |
| Harmful immunity: a general scheme | |
| Allergy and anaphylaxis | |
| Immune complexes, complement and disease | |
| Chronic and cell-mediated inflammation | |
| Autoimmunity | |
| Transplant rejection | |
| Altered immunity | |
| Immunosuppression | |
| Immunodeficiency | |
| HIV and AIDS | |
| Immunostimulation and vaccination | |
| Immunity in health and disease | |
| Immunity and clinical medicine | |
| Investigating immunity | |
| Into the future: immunology in the age of genomics | |
| Self-assessment | |
| Self-assessment questions | |
| Answers | |
| Appendices | |
| Comparative sizes and molecular weights | |
| Landmarks in the history of immunology: some unsolved problems | |
| CD classification | |
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