How the immune system works
By: Lauren Sompayrac.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Immune system; Immunity; Immune System -- physiology; Immune System -- anatomy & histology; Immune System -- physiopathology; Immunity -- physiology
Description: Innate immune system - B cells and antibodies - the magic of antigen presentation - Lymphoid organs and lymphocyte trafficking - toleranace induction and MHC restriction - the immune system in disease.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An overview; title: The innate immune system; title: B cells and antibodies; title: The magic of antigen presentation; title: T cells and cytokines; title: Lymphoid organs and lymphocyte trafficking; title: Tolerance induction and MHC restriction; title: Immunopathology: the immune system gone wrong; title: Cancer and the immune system.