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Highly Commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016 Immunology Lecture Notes provides a thorough grounding in basic concepts of immunity.

Table of Contents

Preface to the seventh edition vii

From the preface to the first edition viii

Key to symbols used in this edition ix

Overview of the immune system x

Part 1 Immunity and the Immune System

1 The nature of immunity 3

2 Immune recognition 14

3 Lymphocyte development and activation 34

4 Lymphocyte interactions, cytokines and the lymphoid system 45

5 Immunoglobulins 63

6 Complement 79

7 Phagocytes 87

8 Mast cells, basophils and eosinophils 94

9 Killer cells 101

Part 2 Immunopathology

10 Immunity and infection 111

11 Primary and secondary immunodeficiency disorders 126

12 The generation of tissue‐damaging responses 148

13 Mechanisms of immunological tissue damage 167

14 Lymphoproliferative disease 179

15 Transplantation 191

16 Immunological therapy 203

Part 3 Self-assessment: answers

Self-assessment: answers 215

Index 221

Immunology

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 18 September 2015
      ISBN-13 9781118451649
      978-1118451649
      ISBN-10 1118451643
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      Immunology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Highly Commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016 Immunology Lecture Notes provides a thorough grounding in basic concepts of immunity.

      Table of Contents

      Preface to the seventh edition vii

      From the preface to the first edition viii

      Key to symbols used in this edition ix

      Overview of the immune system x

      Part 1 Immunity and the Immune System

      1 The nature of immunity 3

      2 Immune recognition 14

      3 Lymphocyte development and activation 34

      4 Lymphocyte interactions, cytokines and the lymphoid system 45

      5 Immunoglobulins 63

      6 Complement 79

      7 Phagocytes 87

      8 Mast cells, basophils and eosinophils 94

      9 Killer cells 101

      Part 2 Immunopathology

      10 Immunity and infection 111

      11 Primary and secondary immunodeficiency disorders 126

      12 The generation of tissue‐damaging responses 148

      13 Mechanisms of immunological tissue damage 167

      14 Lymphoproliferative disease 179

      15 Transplantation 191

      16 Immunological therapy 203

      Part 3 Self-assessment: answers

      Self-assessment: answers 215

      Index 221

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