Reference type: Book
Author:
Roitt, Ivan M
Year published: 2006
Full title:
Immunology
Place published:
[Philadelphia, Pa.?]
Publisher:
Mosby Elsevier
ISBN/ISSN: 9780323033992
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index Previous ed.: 2001 Contents: Sect. 1. Components of the immune system. Introduction to the immune system / David Male — Cells, tissues and organs of the immune system / Peter Lydyard and Carlo E. Grossi — Antibodies / Roy Jefferis — Complement / B. Paul Morgan — T cell receptors and MHC molecules / David b. Roth — Sect. 2. Modes of immune response. Mechanisms of innate immunity / David Male — Antigen presentation / John Trowsdale — Cell cooperation in the antibody response / Joseph C. Marini — Mononuclear phagocytes in immune defence / Siamon Gordon — Cell mediated cytotoxicity / Gillian M. griffiths — Regulation of the immune response / Arne Akbar and Joanne E. Cook — Immune responses in tissues / David Male — Sect. 3. Defence against infectious agents. Immunity to viruses / Anthony A. Nash — Immunity to bacteria and fungi / Gregory J. Bancroft — Immunity to protozoa and worms / Janette E. Bradley and Richard Pleass — Primary immunodeficiency / Fred S. Rosen — Contents: AIDS and secondary immunodeficiency / Bruce D. Walker — Vaccination / Peter C.L. Beverley — Sect. 4. Immune responses against tissues. Immunological tolerance / D.C. Wraith — Autoimmunity and autoimmune disease / Ivan Roitt — Transplantation and rejection / Robert Lechler and Andrew J.T. George — Immunity to cancers / P.K. Srivastava — Sect. 5. Hypersensitivity. Immediate hypersensitivity (Type I) / Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills — Hypersensitivity (Type II) / David Male — Hypersensitivity (Type III) / Frank Hay, Olwyn M.R. Westwood — Type IV hypersensitivity / Warwick Britton — Appendices: Major histocompatibility complex — Recognized CD markers of hemopoietic cells and their distribution — The major cytokines — Human chemokines and their receptors