Basic immunology functions and disorders of the immune system

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 : str...

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1. Verfasser: Abbas, Abul K. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Lichtman, Andrew H. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia, Pa. Saunders, Elsevier 2009
Ausgabe:3. ed.
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Zusammenfassung: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
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
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 diseases : disorders caused by immune responses -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immune responses.
Beschreibung:Previous ed.: Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Saunders, 2006
Beschreibung:VIII, 312 S.
Ill, graph. Darst.
24cm
ISBN:9781416046882
978-1-4160-4688-2
1416046887
1-4160-4688-7