Kuby immunology /

Goldsby, Richard A.

Kuby immunology / Immunology by Richard A. Goldsby, Thomas J. Kindt, Barbara A. Osborne. - 4th ed. - New York : W.H. Freeman, 2000. - xxv, 670 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Overview of the immune system -- Cells and organs of the immune system -- Generation of b-cell and t- cell responses -- Antigens -- Immunoglobulins: structure and function -- Organization and expression of immunoglobulin genes -- Antigen-antibody interactions -- Major histocompatibility complex -- Antigen processing and presentation -- T-cell receptor -- T-cell maturation, activation, and differentiation -- B-cell generation, activation, and differentiation -- Immune effector mechanisms -- Cytokines -- Complement system -- Cell- mediated effector responses -- Leukocyte migration and inflammation -- Hypersensitive reactions -- Immune system in health and disease -- Immune responses to infectious diseases -- Vaccines -- AIDS and other immunodeficiencies -- Autoimmunity -- Transplantation immunology -- Cancer and the immune system -- Experimental systems -- CD-antigens.

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Immunology.
Immune System--immunology.
Immunity.

QR181 / .K83 2000