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020 _a9781416046882
020 _a9781416055693
037 _bUniversity Bookshop
037 _aSBF2011-ENG
040 _aAE-ShU
_cUKB
041 _aeng
060 4 _aQW504
_b.A122b 2009
100 1 _aAbbas, Abul K.
245 1 0 _aBasic immunology :
_bfunctions and disorders of the immune system /
_cAbdul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman
246 3 0 _aFunctions and disorders of the immune system
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aPhiladelphia, Pa.:
_bSaunders/Elsevier,
_cc2009
300 _aviii, 312 p.:
_bill.;
_c24 cm.
505 0 _aIntroduction to the immune system : the nomenclature, general properties, and components of the immune system -- Innate immunity : the early defense against infections -- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphoctyes : what lymphocytes see -- Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system : structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and the development of immune repertoires. Cell-mediated immune responses : activation of T lymphocytes by cell-associated microbes -- Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immunity : eradication of intracellular microbes -- Humoral immune responses : activation of B lymphocytes and production of antibodies -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : the elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins. Immunological tolerance and autoimmunity : self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure -- Immune responses against tumors and transplants : immunity to noninfectious transformed and foreign cells -- Hypersensitivity diseases : disorders caused by immune responses -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immune responses.
504 _aIncludes index
650 2 _aImmunology
650 2 _aImmunologic Diseases
650 2 _aImmunity
700 1 _aLichtman, Andrew H.
942 _cBKS
999 _c67
_d67