LEADER 02667nam 2200469 a 450 001 9910819332803321 005 20240416063722.0 010 $a0-19-972546-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000292993 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3052138 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7037777 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000292993 100 $a20091022d2008 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn defense of self$b[electronic resource] $ehow the immune system really works /$fWilliam R. Clark 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (vi, 265 p.) $cill 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-533663-1 311 $a0-19-986856-5 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 8 $aWilliam 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. 606 $aImmunology 606 $aImmunity 606 $aImmunologic diseases 615 0$aImmunology. 615 0$aImmunity. 615 0$aImmunologic diseases. 676 $a616.079 700 $aClark$b William R.$f1938-$0262163 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819332803321 996 $aIn defense of self$93950855 997 $aUNINA