
Immunology at a Glance, 8th Edition
by JHL Playfair (University College, London); Benjamin Chain (University College London)-
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Summary
Author Biography
Professor Benjamin M Chain BA, PhD, FRCPath, Professor of Immunology and Head of Department at the Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London, UK.
Table of Contents
Preface | p. 6 |
Acknowledgments | p. 6 |
Note on the eighth edition | p. 6 |
How to use this book | p. 7 |
Further reading | p. 7 |
Immunity | |
The scope of immunology | p. 8 |
Innate and adaptive immune mechanisms | p. 10 |
Recognition and receptors: the keys to immunity | p. 12 |
Evolution of immune mechanisms | p. 14 |
Cells involved in immunity: the haemopoietic system | p. 16 |
Innate immunity | |
Complement | p. 18 |
Acute inflammation | p. 20 |
Phagocytic cells: the reticuloendothelial system | p. 22 |
Phagocytosis | p. 24 |
Adaptive immunity | |
The cellular basis | |
Lymphocytes | p. 26 |
Primary lymphoid organs and lymphopoiesis | p. 28 |
Secondary lymphoid organs and lymphocyte traffic | p. 30 |
The molecular basis | |
Evolution of recognition molecules: the immunoglobulin superfamily | p. 32 |
The major histocompatibility complex | p. 34 |
The T-cell receptor | p. 36 |
Antibody diversification and synthesis | p. 38 |
Antibody structure and function | p. 40 |
The adaptive immune response | |
Antigen recognition and processing | p. 42 |
The antibody response | p. 44 |
Antigen-antibody interaction and immune complexes | p. 46 |
Cell-mediated immune responses | p. 48 |
Regulation | |
Tolerance | p. 50 |
Idiotypes, anti-idiotypes and networks | p. 52 |
The cytokine network | p. 54 |
Immunity, hormones and the brain | p. 56 |
Potentially useful immunity | |
Antimicrobial immunity: a general scheme | p. 58 |
Immunity to viruses | p. 60 |
Immunity to bacteria | p. 62 |
Immunity to fungi | p. 64 |
Immunity to protozoa | p. 66 |
Immunity to worms | p. 68 |
Immunity to tumours | p. 70 |
Undesirable effects of immunity | |
Harmful immunity: a general scheme | p. 72 |
Allergy and anaphylaxis | p. 74 |
Immune complexes, complement and disease | p. 76 |
Chronic and cell-mediated inflammation | p. 78 |
Autoimmunity | p. 80 |
Transplant rejection | p. 82 |
Altered immunity | |
Immunosuppression | p. 84 |
Immunodeficiency | p. 86 |
HIV and AIDS | p. 88 |
Immunostimulation and vaccination | p. 90 |
Summary | |
Immunity and clinical medicine | p. 92 |
Appendices | |
Comparative sizes | p. 94 |
Comparative molecular weights | p. 94 |
Landmarks in the history of immunology | p. 95 |
Some unsolved problems | p. 95 |
CD classification | p. 96 |
Index | p. 99 |
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