Kindt, Thomas J.,

Kuby immunology/ Thomas J. Kindt, Richard A. Goldsby, Barbara A. Osborne. - 6th ed. - New York : W.H. Freeman, c2007. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.

Part I.Introduction -- 1.Overview of the immune system -- 2.Cells and organs of the immune system -- 3.Innate immunity -- Part II.Generation of B-cell and T-cell responses -- 4.Antigens and antibodies -- 5.Orgnization and expressions of immunoglobulin genes -- 6.Antigen-antibody interactions: principles and applicaitons -- 7.The complement system -- 8.The major histocompatibility complex and antigen presentation -- 9.T-cell receptor -- 10.T-cell maturation, activation, and differentiation -- 11.B-cell generation, activatioin, and differentiation -- Part III.Immune effector mechanisms -- 12.Cytokins -- 13.Leukocyte activation and migration -- 14.Cell-mediated cytotoxic responses -- 15.Hypersensitivity reactions -- Part IV.The immune system in health and disease -- 16.Tolerance and autoimmunity -- 17.Transplantation immunology -- 18.Immune response to infectious diseases -- 19.Vaccines -- 20.AIDS and other immunodeficiences -- 21.Cancer and the immune system -- 22.Experimental systems.

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Immunology.

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