Basic Immunology E-Book

Basic Immunology E-Book

Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2023
• Edition: 7
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443105500
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Immunology

Meticulously reviewed and updated for today's medical students, Basic Immunology, 7th Edition, is a concise text expertly written by the same distinguished author team as the best-selling, comprehensive text, Cellular and Molecular Immunology. This focused, easy-to-understand volume has been fully revised to include recent important advances in our understanding and knowledge of the immune system. A student favorite through six outstanding editions, this new edition uses full-color illustrations and clinical images, useful tables, and practical features such as Summary Point boxes, end-of-chapter review questions, glossary terms, and clinical cases—all designed to help students master this complex topic in the most efficient, effective manner possible.- Emphasizes clinical aspects of immunology, including disease pathogenesis, the development of novel therapies based on basic science, and an appendix of clinical cases for real-world application.- Contains new and expanded content on pandemics, COVID-19, and herd immunity; resistance and susceptibility to COVID-19; RNA vaccines and hybrid viral vaccines; tumor immunotherapy; innate immune responses to viruses; mechanisms of immunologic tolerance; and immunotherapy for autoimmune, allergic, and other inflammatory diseases, and cancer.- Provides unrivalled instruction from an expert author team, all of whom are experienced teachers, course directors, and lecturers.- Features a highly readable writing style and practical organization, now with fully revised content and updated images to cover new information and improve reader understanding of complex concepts.- Provides additional online features such as answers to in-book chapter review questions and self-assessment questions.- Presents information in a format and style that maximizes usefulness to students and teachers of medicine, allied health fields, and biology.- Contains numerous features designed to help students understand key immunologic concepts: high-quality illustrations, practical tables, chapter outlines, bolded key points, and focus questions in every chapter for self-assessment and review.

Table of contents

• Instructions for online access
• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
• 1. Introduction to the Immune System: Nomenclature, General Properties, and Components
• 2. Unlabeled image.Innate Immunity: The Early Defense Against Infections
• 3. Antigen Presentation to T Lymphocytes and the Functions of Major Histocompatibility Complex Molecules: What T Lymphocytes See
• 4. Antigen Recognition in the Adaptive Immune System: Structure of Lymphocyte Antigen Receptors and Development of Immune Repertoires
• 5. T Cell–Mediated Immunity: Activation of T Lymphocytes
• 6. Effector Mechanisms of T Cell–Mediated Immunity: Functions of T Cells in Host Defense
• 7. Humoral Immune Responses: Activation of B Lymphocytes and Production of Antibodies
• 8. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity: Elimination of Extracellular Microbes and Toxins
• 9. Immunologic Tolerance and Autoimmunity: Self–Nonself Discrimination in the Immune System and Its Failure
• 10. Tumor and Transplantation Immunology: Immune Responses to Cancer Cells and Normal Foreign Cells
• 11. Hypersensitivity: Disorders Caused by Immune Responses
• 12. Immunodeficiency Diseases: Disorders Caused by Defective Immunity
• Appendix I. Principal Features of Selected CD Molecules
• Appendix II. Cytokines
• Appendix III. Clinical Cases
• Answers to Review Questions
• Index