DeFranco, Anthony L.

Immunity : the immune response in infectious and inflammatory disease / Anthony L. DeFranco, Richard M. Locksley, Miranda Robertson. - London : New Science Press/Oxford University Press, c2007. - xxx, 387 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Primers in biology .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-369) and index.

Ch. 1. Overview of the immune response. - Ch. 2. Signaling and adhesive molecules of the immune system. - Ch. 3. Innate immunity. - Ch. 4. Adaptive immunity and the detection of infection by T Lymphocytes. - Ch. 5. Activation and effector actions of T. Cells. - Ch. 6. B cells and humoral immunity. - Ch. 7. Development of lymphocytes and selection of the receptor repertoire. - Ch. 8. Specialized lymphocytes in early responses and homeostasis. - Ch. 9. The immune response to bacterial infection. - Ch. 10. The immune response to viral infection. - Ch. 11. The immune response response to fungal and parasitic infection. - Ch. 12. Tolerance and autoimmunity. - Ch. 13. Allergy and hupersensitivity. - Ch. 14. Transplantation immunology, tumor immunity and vaccination. - Glossary. - References. - Index.

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Immunity.
Immune system.

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