Research Catalog

Title

Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system / Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman.

Author

Abbas, Abul K.

Publication

Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

Lichtman, Andrew H.

Description

viii, 312 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
• Immune System > physiology
• Hypersensitivity
• Immunity
• Immunology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction to the Immune System: The Nomenclature, General Properties, and Components of the Immune System -- 2. Innate Immunity: The Early Defense Against Infections -- 3. Antigen Capture and Presentation to Lymphocytes: What Lymphocytes See -- 4. Antigen Recognition in the Adaptive Immune System: Structure of Lymphocyte Antigen Receptors and the Development of Immune Repertoires -- 5. Cell-Mediated Immune Responses: Activation of T Lymphocytes by Cell-Associated Microbes -- 6. Effector Mechanisms of Cell-Mediated Immunity: Eradication of Intracellular Microbes -- 7. Humoral Immune Responses: Activation of B Lymphocytes and Production of Antibodies -- 8. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity: The Elimination of Extracellular Microbes and Toxins -- 9. Immunological Tolerance and Autoimmunity: Self-Nonself Discrimination in the Immune System and Its Failure -- 10. Immune Responses Against Tumors and Transplants: Immunity to Noninfectious Transformed and Foreign Cells -- 11. Hypersensitivity: Disorders Caused by Immune Responses -- 12. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies: Diseases Caused by Defective Immune Responses -- Appendix I. Glossary -- Appendix II. Principal Features of CD Molecules -- Appendix III. Clinical Cases.

ISBN

• 9781416046882 (pbk.)
• 1416046887 (pbk.)

LCCN

2007030085

OCLC

• ocn156994568
• 156994568
• SCSB-5421148

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries