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Introductory immunology : Basic concepts for interdisciplinary applications
Introductory Immunology quickly acquaints readers with natural immune responses manifesting in diseases and disorders. The book presents a complete picture of natural defenses to infectious agents, as well as the mechanisms that lead to autoimmune dysfunction. In addition, it examines immunologic...
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Elsevier/Academic Press
2014
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Table of Contents:
- A functional overview of the immune system and immune components
- The inflammatory response
- The B lymphocyte and the humoral response
- T lymphocytes: ringleaders of adaptive immune function
- How we defend against infectious agents
- Basic disorders of immune function
- Autoimmunity : regulation of response to self
- The immune hypersensitivities
- Vaccines and immunotherapy
- Cancer immunology
- Transplantation immunology
- Assessment of immune parameters and immunodiagnostics
- Glossary.