Cellular And Molecular Immunology - Brossura

Abbas, Abul K.; Lichtman, Andrew H.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1416023895 ISBN 13: 9781416023890

Casa editrice: W B Saunders Co, 2005

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The meticulously revised and updated New Edition of this highly acclaimed text continues to provide a concise and straightforward approach to the subject. It focuses on the experimental observations that underlie the science of immunology at the molecular, cellular, and whole organism level-and explores the conclusions that can be drawn from those observations.

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L'autore:

Abul K. Abbas, MD, MBBS, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; Andrew H. Lichtman, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Contenuti:

I. Introduction to Immunology

1. General Properties of Immune Response

2. Cells and Tissues of the Immune System

II. Recognition of Antigens

3. Antibodies and Antigens

4. The major Histocompatibility Complex

5. Antigen Processing and Presentation to T Lymphocytes

6. Antigen Receptors and Accessory Molecules of T Lymphocytes

III. Maturation, Activation, and Regulation of Lymphocytes

7. Lymphocyte Maturation and Expression of Antigen Receptor Genes

8. Activation of T Lymphocytes

9. B Cell Activation and Antibody Production

10. Immunologic Tolerance

IV. Effector Mechanisms of Immune Responses

11. Cytokines

12. Innate Immunity

13. Effector Mechanisms of Cell-Mediated Immunity

14. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity

15. Immunity of Microbes

V. The Immune System in Disease

16. Transplantation Immunology

17. Immunity to Tumors

18. Diseases Caused by Immune Responses: Hypersensitivity and Autoimmunity

19. Immediate Hypersensitivity

20. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies

Appendix I: Glossary

Appendix II: Principal Features of CD Molecules

Appendix III: Laboratory Techniques Commonly Used in Immunology

Index

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• Editore: W B Saunders Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1416023895
• ISBN 13: 9781416023890
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 564