Understanding Immunology
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Understanding Immunology

  1. 268 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Understanding Immunology

About this book

Understanding Immunology deals with immunology and its unifying principles, based on the view that the immune system has evolved to combat infectious disease. This book describes the phylogenetic emergence of the immune system; immune reactions in invertebrates and vertebrates; antibody-antigen reactions and the induction of the antibody response; the development of the immune repertoire and self-tolerance; and memory and tolerance in T-cells. This text is organized into 15 chapters and begins with an overview of the immune system, paying particular attention to its basic requirements and properties. This book then discusses antibodies and antigens; the molecular biology of antibody formation; and the role of lymphocytes, lymphoid tissue, and antibody forming cells in the immune response. The following chapters focus on immunocompetent cells and the mechanisms of cell cooperation in the induction of the antibody response, properties of the cells responsible for memory, and the genetic basis of antibody diversity. The reader is also introduced to allelic exclusion and the ontogeny of the immune repertoire; differentiation of T-cells; and cancer and transplantation immunology. The remaining chapters explore aberrations of the immune system and immunity to infectious disease. A comparison of the strategies of vertebrates and invertebrates in adapting to unexpected changes in the environment concludes the book. This book will prove useful as an introduction to immunology to those with some background in biology, particularly, undergraduate or graduate students as well as established researchers in other fields.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Understanding Immunology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1. Basic Requirements and Properties of an Immune System
  7. Chapter 2. The Reaction of Antibody with Antigen
  8. Chapter 3. Molecular Biology of Antibody Formation
  9. Chapter 4. Lymphocytes, Lymphoid Tissue, and Antibody Fonning Cells
  10. Chapter 5. Immunocompetent Cells and Induction of the Antibody Response 5
  11. Chapter 6. Memory and Tolerance
  12. Chapter 7. Antibody Diversity: Its Genetic Basis
  13. Chapter 8. Development of the Immune Repertoire and Self-Tolerance in the Individual
  14. Chapter 9. More about T Cells
  15. Chapter 10. Transplantation Immunology
  16. Chapter 11. Regulation of the Immune Response
  17. Chapter 12. Aberrations of the Immune System: Immune Deficiency, Allergy, and Autoimmune Disease
  18. Chapter 13. Immunity to Infectious Disease
  19. Chapter 14. Cancer Immunology
  20. Chapter 15. Evolution of the Immune System
  21. Appendix: Answers to Questions
  22. Index