Immunology guidebook

The Immunology Guidebook provides an easily accessible text-reference to the more up-to-date and difficult concepts in the complex science of immunology. It aims to demystify basic concepts and specialised molecular and cellular interactions. Its 18 chapters offer a logical and sequential presentation where much of the data is displayed in carefully designed tables. This book is intended for immunology students, researchers, practitioners and basic biomedical scientists. * Tables provide a quick reference to ‘difficult to find' immunology data * A distillate of the latest information on immunogenetics of the human MHC associated with tissue transplantation * Information boxes featurw related web resources Immunology Guidebook - J.M.Cruse ......Page 1 Contents ......Page 3 Contributors ......Page 4 Preface ......Page 5 Acknowledgements ......Page 6 MOLECULES, CELLS, AND TISSUES OF IMMUNITY......Page 8 ANTIGENS, IMMUNOGENS, VACCINES, AND IMMUNIZATION......Page 24 CLUSTER OF DIFFERENTIATION (CD) ANTIGENS......Page 54 THE H L A DICTIONARY, 2001 ......Page 132 NOMENCLATURE FOR FACTORS OF THE HLA SYSTEM, 2002 ......Page 176 ANTIGEN PRESENTATION......Page 273 B CELLS, IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENES, AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE......Page 284 T CELLS AND THE THYMUS......Page 318 CYTOKINES AND CHEMOKINES ......Page 346 THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM ......Page 400 TYPE I, II, III, AND IV HYPERSENSITIVITY......Page 412 MICROBIAL IMMUNITY ......Page 420 IMMUNOREGULATION, TOLERANCE AND THERAPEUTIC IMMUNOLOGY ......Page 428 IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE......Page 438 IMMUNOLOGICAL DISEASES AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY......Page 452 IMMUNODEFICIENCIES: CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED......Page 472 TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY ......Page 482 INDEX......Page 494 The Immunology Guidebook provides an easily accessible text-reference to the more up-to-date and difficult concepts in the complex science of immunology. It aims to demystify basic concepts and specialised molecular and cellular interactions. Its 18 chapters offer a logical and sequential presentation where much of the data is displayed in carefully designed tables. This book is intended for immunology students, researchers, practitioners and basic biomedical scientists. * Tables provide a quick reference to difficult to find' immunology data * A distillate of the latest information on immunogenetics of the human MHC associated with tissue transplantation * Information boxes feature related web resources Serves as a reference to the concepts in the complex science of immunology. This work aims to demystify basic concepts and specialised molecular and cellular interactions. It is intended for immunology students, researchers, practitioners and basic biomedical scientists Adhesion molecules mediate cell adhesion to their surroundings and to neighboring cells.