Table of Contents

 

 

 

UNIT I

SENSE OF BEING: THE CONCEPT OF SELF AND SELF/NONSELF RECOGNITION

 

Chapter 1

The Need for Self Recognition

3

Chapter 2

Antigens and Receptors

11

UNIT II

THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM

 

Chapter 3

Barriers to Infection

25

Chapter 4

Cells of the Innate Immune System

33

Chapter 5

Innate Immune Function

41

UNIT III

THE ADAPTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM

 

Chapter 6

Molecules of Adaptive Immunity

55

Chapter 7

Cells and Organs

77

Chapter 8

Generation of Immune Diversity: Lymphocyte Antigen Receptors

89

Chapter 9

Lymphocyte Development

111

Chapter 10

Lymphocyte Activation

121

Chapter 11

Lymphocyte Function

139

Chapter 12

Regulation of Adaptive Responses

155

UNIT IV

CLINICAL ASPECTS OF IMMUNITY

 

Chapter 13

The Well Patient: How Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Maintain Health

165

Chapter 14

Hypersensitivity Reactions

195

Chapter 15

Immune Deficiency

215

Chapter 16

Autoimmunity

239

Chapter 17

Transplantation

257

Chapter 18

Immune Pharmacotherapy

281

Chapter 19

Tumor Immunity

297

Chapter 20

Measurement of Immune Function

311

 

Credits

329

 

Index

330