Immunology, 8th Edition

Preface vii

List of Contributors ix

SECTION 1

Components of the Immune System 1

1 Introduction to the Immune System 3

David Male

2 Cells, Tissues, and Organs of the

Immune System 17

Peter M Lydyard and Nino Porakishvili

3 Antibodies 51

Roy Jefferis

4 Complement 71

B Paul Morgan

5 T Cell Receptors and MHC Molecules 89

David B Roth

SECTION 2

Modes of Immune Response 107

6 Mechanisms of Innate Immunity 109

David Male

7 Mononuclear Phagocytes in Immune

Defense 125

Luisa Martinez-Pomares and

Siamon Gordon

8 Antigen Presentation 143

David Male

9 Cell Cooperation in the Antibody

Response 157

Joseph C Marini and Kalpit A Vora

10 Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity 171

Victoria Male

11 Regulation of the Immune Response 183

David Bending

12 Immune Responses in Tissues 199

David Male

SECTION 3

Defense Against Infectious Agents 209

13 Immunity to Viruses 211

Persephone Borrow and Anthony A Nash

14 Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi 223

Gregory J Bancroft

15 Immunity to Protozoa and Worms 243

Richard J Pleass

16 Primary Immunodeficiencies 263

Luigi D Notarangelo

17 AIDS, Secondary Immunodeficiency

and Immunosuppression 277

Dean H Kedes and Lisa A Nichols

18 Vaccination 289

Colin Casimir

SECTION 4

Immune Responses Against Tissues 305

19 Immunological Tolerance 307

Thomas Kamradt

20 Autoimmunity and Autoimmune

Disease 323

James E Peters and David A Isenberg

21 Transplantation and Rejection 341

Andrew J T George

22 Immunity to Cancers 355

Pramod K Srivastava

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SECTION 5

Hypersensitivity 369

23 Immediate Hypersensitivity (Type I) 371

Thomas A E Platts-Mills

24 Hypersensitivity (Type II) 393

David Male

25 Hypersensitivity (Type III) 405

David P D’Cruz

26 Hypersensitivity (Type IV) 419

Warwick J Britton

Appendices online

1. Major Histocompatibility Complex

2. CD System

3. The Major Cytokines

4. Human Chemokines and Their Receptors

Critical thinking: Explanations 433

Glossary 445

Index 455

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