Immunobiology
The Immune System in Health and Disease
- Edition:
- 6th
- Author(s):
- Charles Janeway, Paul Travers, Mark Walport, Mark Shlomchik
- ISBN:
- 9780815341017
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- June 18, 2004
- Content Details:
- 800 pages
- Language:
- English
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Book Summary
Immunobiology, Sixth Edition guides the reader through the immune system in all its aspects - from the first engagement of innate immunity to the generation of the adaptive immune response and its clinical consequences. The Sixth Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, and now includes end-of-chapter questions. Immunobiology sets the standard for currency and authority with its clear writing style and organization, full-color art program, scientific accuracy, frequent updates, and consistent viewpoint - that of the host's interaction with an environment containing many species of potentially harmful microorganisms.Reviews
- "Immunobiology is widely regarded as an outstanding general immunology textbook, equally at home on the bookshelf of an undergraduate as on that of a professor emeritus. Immunobiology is, and remains, one of the most comprehensive and clear texts on the subject, and is of use to a wide audience; this sixth edition is the most impressive one yet.
." -- Clinical Immunology -
Contents
1. Basic Concepts in Immunology
2. Innate Immunity
3. Antigen Recognition by B-cell and T-cell Receptors
4. The Generation of Lymphocyte Antigen Receptors
5. Antigen Presentation to T Lymphocytes
6. Signaling Through Immune System Receptors
7. The Development and Survival of Lymphocytes
8. T Cell-Mediated Immunity
9. The Humoral Immune Response
10. Adaptive Immunity to Infection
11. Failures of Host Defense Mechanisms
12. Allergy and Hypersensitivity
13. Autoimmunity and Transplantation
14. Manipulation of the Immune Response
15. Evolution of the Innate Immune System
