6. Edition - April 2010
ca. 27.90 Euro
2010. 232 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-9136-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-9136-4 - John Wiley & Sons









Short description
Designed as an introductory core text on immunology, Lecture Notes: Immunology successfully provides a concise and student-friendly review of essential immunity and immunopathology topics. Key concepts are introduced in an incremental fashion and build up a thorough overview of the field for the reader.

Closely tailored to the undergraduate immunology curriculum, the new edition features expanded key points summareis throughout and key objectives at the start of each chapter to help the student focus on essential 'take-home' messages. It includes self assessment material with answers and explanations and easily remembered, simple illustrations in two colors.

From the contents
Preface

An Overview of the Immune System

Part 1: Immunity and the Immune System

1 The Nature of Immunity

2 Immune Recognition

3 Lymphocyte Development and Activation

4 Lymphocyte Interactions, Cytokines and the Lymphoid System

5 Immunoglobulins

6 Complement

7 Effector Cells

8 Mast Cells, Basophils and Eosinophils

9 Killer Cells

Part 2: Immunopathology

10 Immunity and Infection

11 Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiency Disorders

12 The generation of tissue damaging responses

13 Mechanisms of Immunological Tissue Damage

14 Lymphoproliferative Disease

15 Transplantation

16 Immunological Therapy

Part 3: Self assessment

Self-assessment questions

Self-assessment answers

Index