Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system /
Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman.
- 3rd ed.
- Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, c2009.
- viii, 312 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
Cell-mediated immune responses : activation of T lymphocytes by cell-associated microbes -- Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immunity : eradication of intracellular microbes -- Humoral immune responses : activation of B lymphocytes and produ Immunological tolerance and autoimmunity : self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure -- Immune responses against tumors and transplants : immunity to noninfectious transformed and foreign cells -- Hypersensitivity diseases Introduction to the immune system : the nomenclature, general properties, and components of the immune system -- Innate immunity : the early defense against infections -- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphoctyes : what lymphocytes see --