TY - BOOK AU - Goldsby, Richard A. AU - Kindt, Thomas J., AU - Osborne, Barbara Anne. AU - Kuby, Janis. TI - Kuby immunology SN - 0716733315 AV - QR181 .K83 2000 PY - 2000///. CY - New York PB - W.H. Freeman KW - Immunology. KW - Immune System KW - immunology. KW - Immunity. N1 - 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. ER -