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Immunology: an introduction
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Singapore:
Thomson,
c1995.
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| Edition: | 4th Ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- General principles of immunology
- Infections and diseases
- Key biochemical processes
- Antigens and antigenicity
- Destruction of foreign material: the myeloid system
- Mononuclear-phagocytic system
- Cellular interactions
- Antigen processing and histocompatibility antigens
- Lymphoid organs
- Lymphocytes
- Helper T-cell responses
- Lymphokines and cytokines
- Nature of antibodies
- Response of B cells to antigen
- Genetic basis of antigen recognition
- Complement system
- Measurement of antigen and antibody combination. Effector T-cell function
- Organ transplantation
- Resistance to tumors
- Tolerance
- Regulation of the immune response
- Immunity at body surfaces
- Vaccines and vaccination
- Immunity to infection
- Defects in the immune system
- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Inflammation
- Allergies: type I hypersensitivity
- Other hypersensitivities
- Autoimmunity: breakdown in self-tolerance
- Phylogeny of the immune system.