Basic Immunology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 6th Edition

1. Introduction to the Immune System
Nomenclature, General Properties, and Components
2. Innate Immunity
The Early Defense Against Infections
3. Antigen Capture and Presentation to Lymphocytes
What 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. Immunological Tolerance and Autoimmunity
Self-Nonself Discrimination in the Immune System and Its Failure
10. Immune Responses Against Tumors and Transplants
Immunity to Noninfectious Transformed and Foreign Cells
11. Hypersensitivity
Disorders Caused by Immune Responses
12. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies
Diseases Caused by Defective Immunity
Selected Readings

Appendix
I. Glossary
II. Cytokines
III. Principal Features of Selected CD Molecules
IV. Clinical Cases

Abul K. Abbas, MBBS, Emeritus Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, USA, Andrew H. Lichtman, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA and Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, USA