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Front Cover
Immunology
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CONTENTS
Preface and user guide
List of Contributors
Section 1: Components of the Immune System
	Chapter 1. Introduction to the immune system
	Chapter 2. Cells, tissues and organs of the immune system
	Chapter 3. Antibodies
	Chapter 4. Complement
	Chapter 5. T cell receptors and MHC molecules
Section 2: Modes of Immune Response
	Chapter 6. Mechanisms of innate immunity
	Chapter 7. Antigen presentation
	Chapter 8. Cell Cooperation in the antibody response
	Chapter 9. Mononuclear phagocytes in immune defence
	Chapter 10. Cell mediated cytotoxicity
	Chapter 11. Regulation of the immune response
	Chapter 12. Immune responses in tissues
Section 3: Defence Against Infectious Agents
	Chapter 13. Immunity to viruses
	Chapter 14. Immunity to bacteria and fungi
	Chapter 15. Immunity to protozoa and worms
	Chapter 16. Primary immunodeficiency
	Chapter 17. AIDS and secondary immunodeficiency
	Chapter 18. Vaccination
Section 4: Immune Responses Against Tissues
	Chapter 19. Immunological tolerance
	Chapter 20. Autoimmunity and autoimmune disease
	Chapter 21. Transplantation and rejection
	Chapter 22. Immunity to Cancers
Section 5: Hypersensitivity
	Chapter 23. Immediate hypersensitivity (Type I)
	Chapter 24. Hypersensitivity (Type II)
	Chapter 25. Hypersensitivity (Type III)
	Chapter 26. Type IV hypersensitivity
	Explanations for critical thinking and case studies
Appendices
	Appendix 1: Major histocompatibility complex
	Appendix 2. Recognized CD markers of hemopoietic cells and their distribution
	Appendix 3. The major cytokines
	Appendix 4. Human chemokines and their receptors
Glossary
Index