Abbas, Abul K., <br/><br/>
Basic immunology :functions and disorders of the immune system 

 - 5th ed. 
 - St. Louis  Elsevier  2016 
 - x, 335p.  ill. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to the immune system : nomenclature, general properties, and components -- Innate immunity : the early defense against infections -- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphocytes : what lymphocytes see -- Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system : structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and development of immune repertoires -- T cell-mediated immunity : activation of t lymphocytes by cell-associated antigens -- Effector mechanisms of t cell-mediated immunity : functions of t cells in host defense -- Humoral immune responses : activation of b lymphocytes and production of antibodies -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : 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 : disorders caused by immune responses -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immunity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780323398028 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Immunity.<br/>Hypersensitivity.<br/>Immune System<br/>Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>MED QR181  / .A28