Primer to the Immune Response

Now available with the most current and relevant research from Cell Press, Mak's Primer to the Immune Response, Academic Cell Update Edition, gives readers both the concepts and the applications students need to know to fully grasp Immunology. Mak introduces basic concepts and then follows with specific applications in research today. This book is further enhanced by its inclusion in the Academic Cell collaboration, providing it with links to current and recently published research.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Immunomovie
Pt. I Basic Immunology 1

* Ch. 1 Introduction to the Immune Response
* Ch. 2 Components of the Immune System
* Ch. 3 Innate Immunity
* Ch. 4 The B Cell Receptor: Proteins and Genes
* Ch. 5 B Cell Development, Activation and Effector Functions
* Ch. 6 The Major Histocompatibility Complex
* Ch. 7 Antigen Processing and Presentation
* Ch. 8 The T Cell Receptor: Proteins and Genes
* Ch. 9 T Cell Development, Activation and Effector Functions
* Ch. 10 Regulation of Immune Response in the Periphery
* Ch. 11 NK, [gamma][delta] T and NKT Cells
* Ch. 12 Mucosal and Cutaneous Immunity

Pt. II Clinical Immunology

* Ch. 13 Immunity to Infection
* Ch. 14 Vaccination
* Ch. 15 HIV and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
* Ch. 16 Tumor Immunology
* Ch. 17 Transplantation
* Ch. 18 Immune Hypersensitivity
* Ch. 19 Autoimmune Diseases
* Ch. 20 Hematopoietic Cancers

Appendix A Selected Landmark Discoveries in Immunology
Appendix B Nobel Prizes Awarded for Work in Immunology
Appendix C Comparative Immunology
Appendix D Selected CD Markers
Appendix E Cytokines, Chemokines and Receptors
Appendix F Laboratory Uses of Antibodies
Glossary
Index