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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460793103321

Autore

Coico Richard

Titolo

Immunology : a short course / / Richard Coico, Geoffrey Sunshine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-39687-1

1-118-39689-8

1-118-39690-1

Edizione

[Seventh edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 406 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Disciplina

616.079

Soggetti

Immunology

Immunochemistry

Immunity

Allergy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview of the immune system -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Immunogens and antigens -- Antibody structure and function -- Antigen-antobody interactions, immune assays, and experimental systems -- The genetic basis of antibody structure -- Biology of the B lymphocyte -- How T cells recognize antigen : the role of the major histocompatibility complex -- Biology of the T lymphocyte -- Activation and function of T cells -- Cytokines -- Tolerance and autoimmunity -- Complement -- Hypersensitivity : type I -- Hypersensitivity : types II and III -- Hypersensitivity : type IV -- Immunodeficiency disorders and neoplasias of the lymphoid system -- Transplantation -- Tumor immunology -- Resistance and immununization to infectious diseases.