Screen LibraryCellular and molecular immunology
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Saunders,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 5th ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | 562 p.: col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0721600085 |
| Index Number: | R392 |
| CLC: | R392.1 |
| Call Number: | R392.1/A122/5th.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction to immunology -- General properties of immune responses -- Cells and tissues of the immune system -- Recognition of antigens --Antibodies and antigens -- The major histocompatibility complex -- Antigen processing and presentation to T lymphocytes -- Antigen receptors and accessory molecules of T lymphocytes -- Maturation, activation, and regulation of lymphocytes -- Lymphocytes maturation and expression of antigen receptor genes -- Activation of T lymphocytes -- B cell activation and antibody production -- Immunologic tolerance -- Effector mechanisms of immune responses -- Cytokines -- Innate immunity -- Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immunity -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity -- Immunity to microbes -- The immune system in disease -- Transplantation immunology -- Immunity to tumors -- Diseases caused by immune responses : hypersensitivity and autoimmunity -- Immediate hypersensitivity -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies -- Appendices : Glossary -- Principle features of CD molecules -- Laboratory techniques commonly used in immunology. |