Immune System

Name: Immune System
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ISBN: 9780815340935

ISBN-10: 0815340931

ISBN-13: 9780815340935

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Peter Parham

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The Immune System, Second Edition has been designed for use in immunology courses for undergraduate, medical, dental, and pharmacy students. This class-tested and successful textbook synthesizes the established facts of immunology into a comprehensible, coherent, and up-to-date account of how the immune system works, rather than presenting immunology as a chronology of experiments and discoveries. Emphasizing the human immune system the text has been designed to break down the barriers which often divide basic and clinical immunology. The reader-friendly text, section and chapter summaries, and full-color illustrations make the book accessible and easily understandable to students.The…

Book details

List price: $116.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 5/25/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English




Elements of the immune system and their roles in defense



Antibody structure and the generation of B-cell diversity



Antigen recognition by T lymphocytes



The development of B lymphocytes



The development of T lymphocytes



T cell-mediated immunity



Immunity mediated by B cells and antibodies



The body's defenses against infection



Failures of the body's defenses



Over-reactions of the immune system



Disruption of healthy tissue by the immune response



Manipulation of the immune response