; illustrated by David L. Baker and Alexandra Baker
3rd ed.
Philadelphia, PA
: Saunders/Elsevier
,c2009.
viii, 312 p.
: , ill.
Print
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
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.
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 --
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 --