Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xvii, 303 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm

Summary

1. Dr. Jacqueline Sharon provides a well-organized, up-to-date perspective on immunology. You'll find concise material beginning with the molecular and cellular principles that determine the function of the immune system. These principles are then integrated to form the "big picture" with tissues and organs, and their interconnections in the body.

Subject

1. Immunology
2. Immunologic diseases
3. Immunity

Contents

1. One-Letter and Three-Letter Codes for Amino Acids -- Pt. I. Components of the Immune System. Ch. 1. On Microbes and Host Defense. Ch. 2. The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Antigen Presentation to T Cells. Ch. 3. T-Cell Activation by Antigen. Ch. 4. B-Cell Activation by Antigen. Ch. 5. Generation of Antibody and T-Cell Receptor Diversity. Ch. 6. Maturation and Circulation of B and T Lymphocytes. Ch. 7. Innate and Antibody-Mediated Effector Functions. Ch. 8. Cytokines and Inflammation -- Pt. II. Function, Malfunction, and Manipulation of the Immune System. Ch. 9. Immunity to Infection. Ch. 10. Methods in Clinical and Experimental Immunology. Ch. 11. Hypersensitivity. Ch. 12. Transplantation. Ch. 13. Autoimmunity. Ch. 14. Cancer Immunology. Ch. 15. Immunodeficiency. App. I. Lymphocyte Receptors at a Glance -- App. II. Nobel Prizes in Immunology -- App. III. Addendum to Chapter 10.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.