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Immunology : a short course / Richard Coico, Geoffrey Sunshine, and Eliezer Benjamini.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2003.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxv, 361 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0471226890
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.07/9 21
LOC classification:
  • QR181 .B395 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction and overview -- Elements of innate and acquired immunity -- Immunogens and antigens -- Antibody structure and function -- Antigen-antibody interactions, immune assays, and experimental systems -- The genetic basis of antibody structure -- Biology of the B lymphocyte -- Biology of the T lymphocyte -- The role of the major histocompatability complex in the immune response -- Activation and function of T and B cells by antigen -- Cytokines -- Tolerance, and autoimmunity -- Complement -- Hypersensitivity reactions: antibody-mediated (type I) reactions -- Hypersensitivity reactions: antibody-mediated (type II) cytotoxic reactions and immune complex (type III) reactions -- Hypersensitivity reactions: T-cell-mediated (type IV) delayed-type hypersensitivity -- Immunodeficiency disorders and neoplasias of the lymphoid system -- Transplantation -- Tumor immunology -- Resistance and immunization to infectious diseases.
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Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack QR 181 .B395 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 92469
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack QR 181 .B395 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 60345

Previous ed. cataloged under: Benjamini, Eli.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview -- Elements of innate and acquired immunity -- Immunogens and antigens -- Antibody structure and function -- Antigen-antibody interactions, immune assays, and experimental systems -- The genetic basis of antibody structure -- Biology of the B lymphocyte -- Biology of the T lymphocyte -- The role of the major histocompatability complex in the immune response -- Activation and function of T and B cells by antigen -- Cytokines -- Tolerance, and autoimmunity -- Complement -- Hypersensitivity reactions: antibody-mediated (type I) reactions -- Hypersensitivity reactions: antibody-mediated (type II) cytotoxic reactions and immune complex (type III) reactions -- Hypersensitivity reactions: T-cell-mediated (type IV) delayed-type hypersensitivity -- Immunodeficiency disorders and neoplasias of the lymphoid system -- Transplantation -- Tumor immunology -- Resistance and immunization to infectious diseases.

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