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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461193403321

Autore

Sompayrac Lauren

Titolo

How the immune system works / / Lauren Sompayrac

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-99781-6

1-118-99782-4

Edizione

[Fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

The How it Works Series

Disciplina

616.079

Soggetti

Immune system - Physiology

Immune system - Effect of space flight on

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

An overview -- The innate immune system -- The innate immune system -- B cells and antibodies the magic of antigen presentation -- Magic of antigen presentation -- Activating t cells -- T cells at work -- Secondary lymphoid organs and lymphocyte trafficking -- Restraining the immune system -- Tolerance induction and MHC restriction -- Immunological memory -- The intestinal immune system -- Vaccines -- The immune system gone wrong -- Immunodeficiency -- Cancer and the immune system.