Immunology (eBook)

Ian Todd is at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK Gavin Spickett is at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Preface to the Sixth Edition, v

From the Preface to the First Edition, vi

Key to symbols used in the figures, vii

An overview of the immune system, viii

Part 1 Immunity and the Immune System

1 The nature of immunity, 3

2 Immune recognition, 14

3 Lymphocyte development and activation, 30

4 Lymphocyte interactions, cytokines and the lymphoid system, 40

5 Immunoglobulins, 55

6 Complement, 69

7 Phagocytes, 76

8 Mast cells, basophils and eosinophils, 82

9 Killer cells, 89

Part 2 Immunopathology

10 Immunity and infection, 97

11 Primary and secondary immunodeficiency disorders, 112

12 The generation of tissue-damaging responses, 134

13 Mechanisms of immunological tissue damage, 153

14 Lymphoproliferative disease, 165

15 Transplantation, 177

16 Immunological therapy, 188

Part 3 Self-assessment

Self-assessment questions, 199

Self-assessment answers, 209

Index, 215

"For its price and size, it would be useful for most students, particularly in conjunction with lecture notes. Immunology is a rapidly changing discipline and this new edition is well justified." (Doody's, 30 September 2011)

"Now in its 6th edition this book is an excellent introduction to core immunological knowledge as well as a revision text...This book should appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of medical, nursing and biological sciences." (G.J.Ebrahim, December 2010)