TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abbas,Abul K.
AU  - Lichtman,Andrew H.
AU  - Pillai,Shiv
TI  - Basic immunology: functions and disorders of the immune system 
SN  - 9780323390828
PY  - 2016///
CY  - St. Louis, Missouri
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Immunity
KW  - Immune System
KW  - physiology
KW  - Hypersensitivity
KW  - Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
N1  - Introduction to the immune system : nomenclature, general properties, and components -- Innate immunity : the early defense against infections -- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphocytes : what lymphocytes see -- Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system : structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and development of immune repertoires -- T cell-mediated immunity : activation of t lymphocytes by cell-associated antigens -- Effector mechanisms of t cell-mediated immunity : functions of t cells in host defense -- Humoral immune responses : activation of b lymphocytes and production of antibodies -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins -- Immunological tolerance and autoimmunity : self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure -- Immune responses against tumors and transplants : immunity to noninfectious transformed and foreign cells -- Hypersensitivity : disorders caused by immune responses -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immunity
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