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Revised edition of: Immunobiology. 4th ed. c1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: An introduction to immunobiology and innate immunity -- Basic concepts in immunology -- Innate immunity -- Part II: The recognition of antigen -- Antigen recognition by B-cell and T-cell receptors -- The generation of lymphocyte antigen receptors -- Antigen presentation to T lymphocytes -- Part III: The development of mature lymphocyte receptor repertoires -- Signaling through immune system receptors -- The development and survival of lymphocytes -- Part IV: The adaptive immune response -- T cell-mediated immunity -- The humoral immune response -- Adaptive immunity to infection -- Part V: The immune system in health and disease -- Failures of host defense mechanisms -- Allergy and hypersensitivity -- Autoimmunity and transplantation -- Manipulation of the immune response.
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This authoritative textbook summarises the basic immunological concepts, looks at the main aspects of adaptive immunity, then integrates all the preceding material at the level of the complete organism in both health and disease.