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.