Immunology / Janis Kuby.
By: Kuby, Janis.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : W.H. Freeman, c1997Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xxiv, 664 p. : ill.(some col.) ; 29 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0716728680.Subject(s): Immunology | Immune system | ImmunityDDC classification: 616.079Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.079 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070362 |
Previous ed.: 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Introduction -- Overview of the immune system -- Experimental systems -- Cells and organs of the immune system -- Part II: Generation of b-cell and t-cell responses -- Antigens -- Immunoglobins: structure and function -- Antigen-antibody interactions -- Organization and expression of immunoglobulin genes -- B-cell maturation, activation and differentiation -- Major histocompatibility complex -- Antigen processing and presentation -- T-cell receptor -- T-cell maturation, activation and differentiation -- Part III: Immune effector mechanisms -- Cytokines -- The complement system -- Leukocyte migration and inflammation -- Cell-mediated and humoral effector responses -- Hypersensitive reactions -- Part IV: The immune system in health and disease -- Vaccines -- Immune response to infectious diseases -- Autoimmunity -- Immunodeficiency diseases -- The immune system in aids -- Transplantation immunology -- Cancer and the immune system.