Immunology : a short course /
Coico, Richard,
Immunology : a short course / Richard Coico - Eighth edition - xvi, 415 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Overview of the immune system -- Cells and tissues of the immune system -- Cells of the innate immunity -- Complement -- Immunogens and antigens -- Antibody structure, function, and interactions with antigen -- Organization and expression of lymphocyte antigen receptor genes -- The major histocompatibility complex and antigen presentation -- B-cell development and activation -- T-cell development and activation -- Cytokines -- Tolerance and autoimmunity -- Hypersensitive: Type I -- Hypersensitivity: Types II and III -- Hypersensitivity: Type IV -- Immunodeficiency disorders and neoplasias of the lymphoid system -- Transplantation -- Tumor immunology -- Resistance and immunization to infectious diseases -- Experimental systems and methods
"Immunology: A Short Course" provides an overview of the physiology of the immune system and pathophysiology of a broad range of immune-related diseases, offering accessible and comprehensive guidance to the basic concepts and clinical approaches in the discipline. This textbook has been fully updated to reflect our expanded knowledge of how the immune system develops and functions, and the ways in which these physiological phenomena can fail or be compromised. New chapters examine cells and organs of the immune system, organization and expression of lymphocyte antigen receptor genes, experimental systems and methods, and B- and T-cell development activation. -- From publisher's description
9781119551577 1119551579
GBC159959 bnb
Immunology
QR181 / .B395 2021
616.079
QW 504 / B468i 2021
Immunology : a short course / Richard Coico - Eighth edition - xvi, 415 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Overview of the immune system -- Cells and tissues of the immune system -- Cells of the innate immunity -- Complement -- Immunogens and antigens -- Antibody structure, function, and interactions with antigen -- Organization and expression of lymphocyte antigen receptor genes -- The major histocompatibility complex and antigen presentation -- B-cell development and activation -- T-cell development and activation -- Cytokines -- Tolerance and autoimmunity -- Hypersensitive: Type I -- Hypersensitivity: Types II and III -- Hypersensitivity: Type IV -- Immunodeficiency disorders and neoplasias of the lymphoid system -- Transplantation -- Tumor immunology -- Resistance and immunization to infectious diseases -- Experimental systems and methods
"Immunology: A Short Course" provides an overview of the physiology of the immune system and pathophysiology of a broad range of immune-related diseases, offering accessible and comprehensive guidance to the basic concepts and clinical approaches in the discipline. This textbook has been fully updated to reflect our expanded knowledge of how the immune system develops and functions, and the ways in which these physiological phenomena can fail or be compromised. New chapters examine cells and organs of the immune system, organization and expression of lymphocyte antigen receptor genes, experimental systems and methods, and B- and T-cell development activation. -- From publisher's description
9781119551577 1119551579
GBC159959 bnb
Immunology
QR181 / .B395 2021
616.079
QW 504 / B468i 2021