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Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system
- Title
- Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system / Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman.
- Author
- Abbas, Abul K.
- Publication
- Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, [2009], ©2009.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Lichtman, Andrew H.
- Description
- viii, 312 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction to the Immune System: The Nomenclature, General Properties, and Components of the Immune System -- 2. Innate Immunity: The Early Defense Against Infections -- 3. Antigen Capture and Presentation to Lymphocytes: What Lymphocytes See -- 4. Antigen Recognition in the Adaptive Immune System: Structure of Lymphocyte Antigen Receptors and the Development of Immune Repertoires -- 5. Cell-Mediated Immune Responses: Activation of T Lymphocytes by Cell-Associated Microbes -- 6. Effector Mechanisms of Cell-Mediated Immunity: Eradication of Intracellular Microbes -- 7. Humoral Immune Responses: Activation of B Lymphocytes and Production of Antibodies -- 8. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity: The Elimination of Extracellular Microbes and Toxins -- 9. Immunological Tolerance and Autoimmunity: Self-Nonself Discrimination in the Immune System and Its Failure -- 10. Immune Responses Against Tumors and Transplants: Immunity to Noninfectious Transformed and Foreign Cells -- 11. Hypersensitivity: Disorders Caused by Immune Responses -- 12. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies: Diseases Caused by Defective Immune Responses -- Appendix I. Glossary -- Appendix II. Principal Features of CD Molecules -- Appendix III. Clinical Cases.
- ISBN
- 9781416046882 (pbk.)
- 1416046887 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2007030085
- OCLC
- ocn156994568
- 156994568
- SCSB-5421148
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries