Basic immunology [electronic resource] : functions and disorders of the immune system / Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai ; illustrations by David L. Baker.

By: Abbas, Abul KContributor(s): Lichtman, Andrew H | Pillai, Shiv | Baker, David H | Clinical Key (Online Service)Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2020]; ©2020Edition: 6th edDescription: 1 online resource : 319 p. color illustrationsISBN: 9780323639125; 0323639127; 9780323639101; 0323639100; 9780323639095; 0323639097Subject(s): Immunity | Immune System -- physiology | Hypersensitivity | Immunology | Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes | იმუნოლოგია | იმუნური სისტემაGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Basic immunology.Online resources: ClinicalKey EINSTEIN: Clinical Key ebook collection | ClinicalKey MMC: Clinical Key ebook collection
Contents:
Introduction to the immune system : nomenclature, general properties, and components -- Innate immunity : the early defense against infections -- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphocytes : what lymphocytes see -- Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system : structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and development of immune repertoires -- T cell - mediated immunity : activation of t lymphocytes -- Effector mechanisms of t cell-mediated immunity : functions of t cells in host defense -- Humoral immune responses : activation of b lymphocytes and production of antibodies -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins -- Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity : self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure -- Immunology of tumors and transplantation : immune responses to cancer cells and normal foreign cells -- Hypersensitivity : disorders caused by immune responses -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immunity -- Principal features of selected cd molecules -- Cytokines -- Clinical cases.
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Revised edition of: Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system / Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai. Fifth edition. [2016].

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Introduction to the immune system : nomenclature, general properties, and components -- Innate immunity : the early defense against infections -- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphocytes : what lymphocytes see -- Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system : structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and development of immune repertoires -- T cell - mediated immunity : activation of t lymphocytes -- Effector mechanisms of t cell-mediated immunity : functions of t cells in host defense -- Humoral immune responses : activation of b lymphocytes and production of antibodies -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins -- Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity : self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure -- Immunology of tumors and transplantation : immune responses to cancer cells and normal foreign cells -- Hypersensitivity : disorders caused by immune responses -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immunity -- Principal features of selected cd molecules -- Cytokines -- Clinical cases.

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