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CHAPTER 1. Introduction to the Immune System

Nomenclature, General Properties, and Components

CHAPTER 2. Innate Immunity

The Early Defense Against Infections

CHAPTER 3. Antigen Capture and Presentation to Lymphocytes

What Lymphocytes See

CHAPTER 4. Antigen Recognition in the Adaptive Immune System

Structure of Lymphocyte Antigen Receptors and

Development of Immune Repertoires

CHAPTER 5. T Cell-Mediated Immunity

Activation of T Lymphocytes by Cell-Associated Antigens

CHAPTER 6. Effector Mechanisms of T Cell-Mediated Immunity

Functions of T Cells in Host Defense

CHAPTER 7. Humoral Immune Responses

Activation of B Lymphocytes and Production of Antibodies

CHAPTER 8. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity

Elimination of Extracellular Microbes and Toxins

CHAPTER 9. Immunological Tolerance and Autoimmunity

Self-Nonself Discrimination in the Immune System and Its Failure

CHAPTER 10. Immune Responses against Tumors and Transplants

Immunity to Noninfectious Transformed and Foreign Cells

CHAPTER11. Hypersensitivity

Disorders Caused by Immune Responses

CHAPTER 12. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies

Diseases Caused by Defective Immune Responses

Suggested Readings

APPENDIX Ⅰ Glossary

APPENDIX Ⅱ Major Cytokines

APPENDIX Ⅲ Principal Features of Select CD Molecules

APPENDIX Ⅳ Clinical Cases

Index

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