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• Title:Primer to the immune response / Tak W. Mak and Mary E. Saunders ; contributors, Maya R. Chaddah, Wendy L. Tamminen.
  
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• Author/Creator:Mak, Tak W., 1945-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Saunders, Mary E. (Scientific editor)
  Mak, Tak W., 1945- Immune response.
  
• Published/Created:Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QW504 .M35 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Immune response.
  Immunology.
  
• Medical Subjects: Immune System.
  Immune System Diseases.
  Immunity.
  
• Description:xvii, 436 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm
  
• Summary:This book is a resource for college students, university undergraduates and students in medicine and other health professions who need a concise but complete and understandable introduction to immunology. Written in the same engaging conversational style as the published reference book The Immune Response: Basic and Clinical Principles and conveys the same fascinating appeal of immunology. The authors bring clarity, readability and continuity of voice to an audience that requires only a brief survey of the most fundamental concepts in basic and clinical immunology. Illustrated with over 200 superb figures and 36 full color plates, and further enhanced by the inclusion of 60 tables and 6 Appendices.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9780123741639 (alk. paper)
  0123741637 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Introduction to the immune response
  Components of the immune system
  Innate immunity
  The B cell receptor: proteins and genes
  B cell development, activation and effector functions
  The major histocompatibility complex
  Antigen processing and presentation
  The T cell receptor: proteins and genes
  T cell development, activation and effector functions
  Regulation of immune responses in the periphery
  NK, [gamma delta] T and NKT cells
  Mucosal and cutaneous immunity
  Immunity to infection
  Vaccination
  HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  Tumor immunology
  Transplantation
  Immune hypersensitivity
  Autoimmune diseases
  Hematopoietic cancers.