Immunity.
Paul, William E.
Immunity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (275 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Immunology -- 1. Defense and Danger -- 2. Tracing an Immune Response -- 3. The Laws of Immunology: Universality, Tolerance, and Appropriateness -- 4. Growing Up and Learning Immunology -- Part Two: The First Law: Universality -- 5. Vaccines and Serum Therapy -- 6. How Is Specificity Achieved? -- 7. Immunology's "Eureka": Clonal Selection -- 8. How Does Each Lymphocyte Develop a Distinct Receptor? -- 9. B Cells and T Cells Recognize Different Types of Antigens -- 10. My Foray into the Specificity Problem -- 11. Genes and Immune Responses -- 12. The Laboratory of Immunology and the T-Cell Receptor -- Part Three: The Second Law: Tolerance -- 13. What Is Tolerance? -- 14. How Does Tolerance Develop? -- 15. Regulatory T Cells and the Prevention of Autoimmunity -- Part Four: The Third Law: Appropriateness -- 16. Different Structures, Different Functions -- 17. Specific Types of Infections, Specific Types of T-Cell Responses -- 18. Our Discovery of IL-4 and the Cells That Make It -- 19. CD8 T Cells: Killer Cells and Friends -- 20. Dendritic Cells: The Cells That Interpret the Infectious Threat -- Part Five: How Did the Immune System Evolve? -- 21. An "Ancient" Immune Response Controls "Modern" Immunity -- 22. The Microbiome and Innate Immunity -- 23. Evolution of the Immune System and Innate Lymphoid Cells -- Part Six: AIDS, Autoimmunity, Allergy, Cancer, and Transplantation -- 24. The HIV Epidemic and the Office of AIDS Research -- 25. How the Immune System Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus -- 26. Allergy and Asthma -- 27. Interleukin-4 and Allergy -- 28. Can the Immune System Control Cancer? -- 29. New Parts for Old: Bone Marrow and Organ Transplantation -- 30. Julien -- Conclusion. The Future of Immunology -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J. K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Paul argues that we must take advantage of cutting-edge technologies and promising new tools in immunological research.
9781421418025
Immunity.
Immune system.
Immunologic diseases.
Electronic books.
QR181 .P385 2015
616.07
Immunity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (275 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Immunology -- 1. Defense and Danger -- 2. Tracing an Immune Response -- 3. The Laws of Immunology: Universality, Tolerance, and Appropriateness -- 4. Growing Up and Learning Immunology -- Part Two: The First Law: Universality -- 5. Vaccines and Serum Therapy -- 6. How Is Specificity Achieved? -- 7. Immunology's "Eureka": Clonal Selection -- 8. How Does Each Lymphocyte Develop a Distinct Receptor? -- 9. B Cells and T Cells Recognize Different Types of Antigens -- 10. My Foray into the Specificity Problem -- 11. Genes and Immune Responses -- 12. The Laboratory of Immunology and the T-Cell Receptor -- Part Three: The Second Law: Tolerance -- 13. What Is Tolerance? -- 14. How Does Tolerance Develop? -- 15. Regulatory T Cells and the Prevention of Autoimmunity -- Part Four: The Third Law: Appropriateness -- 16. Different Structures, Different Functions -- 17. Specific Types of Infections, Specific Types of T-Cell Responses -- 18. Our Discovery of IL-4 and the Cells That Make It -- 19. CD8 T Cells: Killer Cells and Friends -- 20. Dendritic Cells: The Cells That Interpret the Infectious Threat -- Part Five: How Did the Immune System Evolve? -- 21. An "Ancient" Immune Response Controls "Modern" Immunity -- 22. The Microbiome and Innate Immunity -- 23. Evolution of the Immune System and Innate Lymphoid Cells -- Part Six: AIDS, Autoimmunity, Allergy, Cancer, and Transplantation -- 24. The HIV Epidemic and the Office of AIDS Research -- 25. How the Immune System Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus -- 26. Allergy and Asthma -- 27. Interleukin-4 and Allergy -- 28. Can the Immune System Control Cancer? -- 29. New Parts for Old: Bone Marrow and Organ Transplantation -- 30. Julien -- Conclusion. The Future of Immunology -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J. K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Paul argues that we must take advantage of cutting-edge technologies and promising new tools in immunological research.
9781421418025
Immunity.
Immune system.
Immunologic diseases.
Electronic books.
QR181 .P385 2015
616.07