The Experimental Foundations of Modern Immunology

The Concept of Immunization; Structure of the Immune System; Resolution of the Basic Structure of Immunoglobulins; The Properties and Fine Structure of Immunoglobulins; Genetic Basis of Immunoglobulin Structure; Structure - Function Relationships in Antibody Molecules; Complement; Historical Development of the Concept of Major Histocompatibility Gene Complexes; Genetic Organization of the Major Histocompatibility Complexes of Mice and Humans; Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics of Major Histocompatibility Gene Complexes; Lymphocyte Subpopulations; The Basic Biology of T Cells and B Cells; The Humoral Immune Response; Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity; The Role of the Thymus in Development of the T-Cell Receptor Repertoire; Immunity to Infection; Reactions of Immunological Injury: Hypersensitivity and Inflammation; Autoimmunity; Clinical Organ Transplantation; Immunity and Cancer; Index.