Immunology at a Glance.

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Note on the tenth edition -- How to use this book -- Further reading -- List of abbreviations -- Immunity -- 1: The scope of immunology -- 2: Innate and adaptive immune mechanisms -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Interactions between innate and adaptive immunity -- 3: Recognition and receptors: the keys to immunity -- Innate immune system -- Soluble recognition molecules -- Cell-associated recognition -- Some other receptor systems -- Adaptive immune system -- 4: Cells involved in immunity: the haemopoietic system -- A note on terminology -- Innate immunity -- 5: Receptors of the innate immune system -- 6: Complement -- Classic pathway -- Alternative pathway -- MBL and other pathways -- Lytic pathway -- Complement inhibitors -- 7: Acute inflammation -- 8: Phagocytic cells and the reticuloendothelial system -- 9: Phagocytosis -- Adaptive immunity -- (i) The molecular basis -- 10: Evolution of recognition molecules: the immunoglobulin superfamily -- Adaptive immunity -- 11: The major histocompatibility complex -- 12: The T-cell receptor -- 13: Antibody diversification and synthesis -- 14: Antibody structure and function -- (ii) The cellular basis -- 15: Lymphocytes -- 16: Primary lymphoid organs and lymphopoiesis -- Yolk sac -- Bursa -- Liver -- Bone marrow -- Thymus -- 17: Secondary lymphoid organs and lymphocyte traffic -- Lymph node -- Spleen -- Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues -- (iii) The adaptive immune response -- 18: Antigen processing and presentation -- The class I pathway -- The class II pathway -- 19: The antibody response -- 20: Antigen - antibody interaction and immune complexes -- Antigen - antibody interaction -- Immune complexes -- 21: Cell-mediated immune responses -- (iv) Regulation -- 22: Tolerance.

23: Cell communication and cytokines -- 24: The cytokine network -- 25: Immunity, hormones and the brain -- Central nervous system -- Autonomic nervous system -- Endocrine system -- Immune system -- Immunity and psychological illness -- Potentially useful immunity -- 26: Antimicrobial immunity: a general scheme -- 27: Immunity to viruses -- Viruses -- Atypical organisms -- 28: HIV and AIDS -- 29: Immunity to bacteria -- Bacteria -- 30: Immunity to fungi and ectoparasites -- Ectoparasites -- 31: Immunity to protozoa -- 32: Immunity to worms -- Roundworms (nematodes) -- Flukes (trematodes) -- Tapeworms (cestodes) -- Undesirable effects of immunity -- 33: Immunodeficiency -- Defects affecting several types of cell -- Defects predominantly affecting T cells -- Defects predominantly affecting B cells -- Defects of complement -- Defects affecting myeloid cells -- Receptors of innate immunity -- Secondary immunodeficiency -- 34: Harmful immunity: a general scheme -- Innate immune damage -- Types of hypersensitivity (Gell and Coombs' classification) -- 35: Allergy and anaphylaxis -- Mediators -- Inhibitors -- Non-IgE triggering -- Allergic diseases -- 36: Immune complexes, complement and disease -- Immune complex diseases -- Haemolytic disease of the newborn -- 37: Chronic and cell-mediated inflammation -- Granulomas -- Granulomatous diseases -- 38: Autoimmune disease -- Self-tolerance and self-reactivity -- Autoimmune diseases -- Treatment of autoimmunity -- Altered immunity -- 39: Transplant rejection -- Typing and matching -- Rejection -- Immunosuppression (for further details see Fig. 40) -- 40: Immunosuppression -- Non-specific immunosuppression -- Specific immunosuppression -- 41: Immunostimulation and vaccination -- Passive immunization -- Active immunization ('vaccination') -- Immunity in health and disease -- 42: Cancer immunology.

Non-specific immunotherapy -- Specific immunotherapy -- 43: Immunity and clinical medicine -- 44: Investigating immunity -- Investigating immunodeficiency (see also Fig. 33) -- Investigating allergy (see also Fig. 35) -- Investigating autoimmunity (see also Fig. 38) -- Tissue typing and transplantation (see also Fig. 39) -- Tumours of immunological cells -- 45: Immunology in the laboratory -- 46: Out of the past: evolution of immune mechanisms -- Unicellular organisms -- Invertebrates -- Vertebrates -- Plants -- 47: Into the future: immunology in the age of genomics -- Self-assessment -- Self-assessment questions -- Answers -- Appendices -- Appendix I -- Comparative sizes -- Comparative molecular weights -- Appendix II -- Landmarks in the history of immunology -- Some unsolved problems -- Appendix III -- CD classification -- Index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.