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Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system
- Author(s):
- Abbas, Abul K
- Lichtman, Andrew H
- Title(s):
- Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system / Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman ; illustrated by David L. Baker and Alexandra Baker.
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Publisher:
- Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, c2009.
- Description:
- viii, 312 p. : ill.
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Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 9781416046882
1416046887
- LCCN:
- 2007030085
- MeSH:
- Hypersensitivity
Immune System/physiology
Immunity*
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
- Contents:
- Introduction to the immune system: the nomenclature, general properties, and components of the immune system -- Innate immunity: the early defense against infections -- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphoctyes: what lymphocytes see -- Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system: structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and the development of immune repertoires --
Cell-mediated immune responses: activation of T lymphocytes by cell-associated microbes -- Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immunity : eradication of intracellular microbes -- Humoral immune responses: activation of B lymphocytes and production of antibodies -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity: the elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins --
Immunological tolerance and autoimmunity: self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure -- Immune responses against tumors and transplants: immunity to noninfectious transformed and foreign cells -- Hypersensitivity: disorders caused by immune responses -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies: diseases caused by defective immune responses.
- NLM ID:
- 101312426 [Book]