Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system

Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai

Description

Updated for today's medical students, this volume has been fully revised to include recent important advances in our understanding and knowledge of the immune system. Uses full-color illustrations and clinical images, useful tables, and practical features such as Summary Point boxes, end-of-chapter review questions, glossary terms, and clinical cases.

Content

Latest edition,

Tidligere: 6. edition. 2020 ; Indhold: Introduction to the immune system: nomenclature, general properties, and components ; Innate immunity: the early defense against infections ; Antigen presentation to t lymphocytes and the functions of major histocompatibility complex molecules: what t lymphocytes see ; Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system: structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and development of immune repertoires ; T cell-mediated immunity: activation of t lymphocytes ; Effector mechanisms of t cell-mediated immunity: functions of t cells in host defense ; Humoral immune responses: activation of b lymphocytes and production of antibodies ; Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity: elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins ; Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity: self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure ; Tumor and transplantation immunology: immune responses to cancer cells and normal foreign cells ; Hypersensitivity: disorders caused by immune responses ; Immunodeficiency diseases: disorders caused by defective immunity