In defense of self [[electronic resource] ] : how the immune system really works / / William R. Clark

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819332803321
• Autore: Clark William R. <1938->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0-19-972546-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 265 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 616.079
• Soggetti: Immunology; Immunity; Immunologic diseases
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Part 1: How the Immune System Works -- 1 What Is an Immune System? -- 2 Antibodies -- 3 How Do Antibodies Work? -- 4 T Cells: The Second Arm of Adaptive Immunity -- Part 2: The Immune System in Health and Disease -- 5 The Immune Response to Infectious Disease: All-Out War! -- 6 When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Microbial Immunopathology -- 7 Vaccines: How They Work, Why They Sometimes Don't, and What We Can Do About It -- 8 When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: HIV/AIDS -- 9 When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases -- 10 When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Hypersensitivity and Allergy -- 11 The Immune System and Cancer -- 12 Autoimmunity -- 13 Organ Transplantation -- 14 First Defense: The Immune System and Bioterrorism -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: William Clark invites readers on a tour of the immune system introducing some of the most important medical advances and challenges of the past 100 years, from the development of vaccines and the treatment of allergies, automimmunity and cancer, to prolonging organ transplants and combating AIDS.