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Cellular and molecular immunology / Abul K. Abbas, MBBS, Distinguished Professor in Pathology, Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Andrew H. Lichtman, MD, PhD, Professor of pathology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Shiv Pillai, MBBS, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts ; illustrations by David L. Baker, MA, Alexandra Baker, MS, CMI, DNA illustrations, Inc.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier Saunders, 2015Edition: Eighth editionDescription: viii, 535 pages : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780323222754 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0323222757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QR185.5 .ABB 2015
Contents:
Properties and overview of immune responses -- Cells and tissues of the immune system -- Leukocyte circulation and migration into tissues -- Innate immunity -- Antibodies and antigens -- Major histocompatibility complex molecules and antigen presentation to T lymphocytes -- Immune receptors and signal transduction -- Lymphocyte development and antigen receptor gene rearrangement -- Activation of T lymphocytes -- Development and functions of CD4+ effector T cells -- Development and functions of CD8+ effector T cells -- B cell activation and antibody production -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity -- Specialized immunity at epithelial barriers and in immune privileged tissues -- Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity -- Immunity to microbes -- Transplantation immunology -- Immunity to tumors -- Hypersensitivity disorders -- IgE-dependent immune responses and atopic disease -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies.
Summary: This revised edition continues to provide a straightforward and concise approach to the subject. It focuses on the experimental observations that underlie the science of immunology at the molecular, cellular and whole organism level, and explores the conclusions that can be drawn from those observations
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Short Loan Medical Library General Stacks Medical Library QR185.5 ABB 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 032820
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Properties and overview of immune responses -- Cells and tissues of the immune system -- Leukocyte circulation and migration into tissues -- Innate immunity -- Antibodies and antigens -- Major histocompatibility complex molecules and antigen presentation to T lymphocytes -- Immune receptors and signal transduction -- Lymphocyte development and antigen receptor gene rearrangement -- Activation of T lymphocytes -- Development and functions of CD4+ effector T cells -- Development and functions of CD8+ effector T cells -- B cell activation and antibody production -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity -- Specialized immunity at epithelial barriers and in immune privileged tissues -- Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity -- Immunity to microbes -- Transplantation immunology -- Immunity to tumors -- Hypersensitivity disorders -- IgE-dependent immune responses and atopic disease -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies.

This revised edition continues to provide a straightforward and concise approach to the subject. It focuses on the experimental observations that underlie the science of immunology at the molecular, cellular and whole organism level, and explores the conclusions that can be drawn from those observations

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