Cellular and Molecular Immunology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 10th Edition
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Cellular and Molecular Immunology Elsevier-E-Book on VitalSource
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Highlights the implications of immunologic science for the management of human disease, emphasizing clinical relevance throughout.
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Employs a highly accessible writing style that makes difficult concepts easier to understand, and provides clear implications of immunologic science to the management of human disease and clinical practice.
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Features updates from cover to cover, including new information on intracellular sensors of innate immunity, therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies, regulation of migration events during T cell-B cell interactions, regulatory and transcriptional events in germinal center formation, immunology of infectious diseases including coronaviruses, human immunodeficiency disorders, and immunology of HIV.
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Provides a highly visual, full-color description of the key immunologic and molecular processes with a fully updated, comprehensive, and consistent art program, including many new and extensively revised illustrations.
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Helps readers grasp the details of experimental observations that form the basis for the science of immunology at the molecular, cellular, and whole-organism levels and draw the appropriate conclusions.
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Includes summary boxes that assist with rapid review and mastery of key material.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access multiple-choice questions that correspond to each chapter, plus all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
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Evolve Instructor site with an image and test bank is available to instructors through their Elsevier sales rep or via request at https://evolve.elsevier.com
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1. Properties and Overview of Immune Responses
2. Cells and Tissues of the Immune System
3. Leukocyte Circulation and Migration into Tissues
4. Innate Immunity
5. Antibodies and Antigens
6. Antigen Presentation to T Lymphocytes and the Functions of MHC Molecules
7. Immune Receptors and Signal Transduction
8. Lymphocyte Development and Antigen Receptor Gene Rearrangement
9. Activation of T Lymphocytes
10. Differentiation and Functions of CD4+ Effector T Cells
11. Differentiation and Functions of CD8+ Effector T Cells
12. B Cell Activation and Antibody Production
13. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity
14. Specialized Immunity at Epithelial Barriers and in Immune Privileged Tissues
15. Immunologic Tolerance and Autoimmunity
16. Immunity to Microbes
17. Transplantation Immunology
18. Immunity to Tumors
19. Hypersensitivity Disorders
20. Allergy
21. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies
Appendix
I. Glossary
II. Cytokines
III. Principle Features of Selected CD Molecules
IV. Laboratory Techniques Commonly Used in Immunology
