IMMUNOLOGY - Roitt I. - Mir 2000
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Chapter 1. Overview of the Immune System
DEFENSE AGAINST EXTRACELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR INFECTIONS
Chapter 2. Cells Mediating the Immune Response
POLYMORPHONUCLEAR GRANULOCYTES, MAST CELLS, AND PLATELETS
Chapter 3. The Lymphoid System
LYMPHOID TISSUES ARE PART OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LYMPHOID ORGANS AND STRUCTURES
SECONDARY LYMPHOID ORGANS AND STRUCTURES
Chapter 4. Complement
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF COMPLEMENT
Chapter 5. Cell Migration and Inflammation
Chapter 6. Antibodies and Their Cellular Receptors
IMMUNOGLOBULINS: A UNIQUE PROTEIN FAMILY
ANTIBODY MOLECULES EXHIBIT ISOTYPIC, ALLOTYPIC, AND IDIOTYPIC VARIATIONS IN AMINO ACID SEQUENCE
EFFECTOR FUNCTIONS OF ANTIBODIES
CELLULAR RECEPTORS FOR ANTIBODIES
ANALYSIS OF ANTIBODY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Chapter 7. T-Cell Antigen-Recognizing Receptors and MHC Molecules
MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC) ANTIGENS
GENOMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE MHC
Chapter 8. Sources of Diversity in Antigen-Recognizing Structures
THEORIES OF ANTIBODY FORMATION
IMMUNOGLOBULIN DIVERSITY IN OTHER VERTEBRATES
HEAVY CHAIN CONSTANT REGION GENES
REGULATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN SYNTHESIS
GENES OF THE ANTIGEN-RECOGNIZING T-CELL RECEPTOR
Chapter 9. Antigen Recognition
ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY AND AFFINITY
ANTIGEN PROCESSING AND PRESENTATION
FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE ANTIGENIC PEPTIDE-MHC MOLECULE COMPLEX
Chapter 10. Cell-Mediated Immune Responses
CYTOKINES AND THEIR CELLULAR RECEPTORS
T-CELL-INDEPENDENT DEFENSE MECHANISMS
T-CELL-DEPENDENT CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSE
T-CELL AND NK-CELL CYTOTOXICITY
ROLE OF MACROPHAGES IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
Chapter 11. Cellular Interactions in Humoral Immune Responses
ANTIGEN PRESENTATION TO T CELLS
INTRACELLULAR SIGNALS DURING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION
EFFECTS OF CYTOKINES ON B AND T CELLS
HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE IN VIVO
Chapter 12. Ontogenetic Development of the Immune System
DIVERSITY OF ANTIBODY SPECIFICITIES
DIVERSITY OF ANTIBODY ISOTYPES
Chapter 13. Regulation of the Immune Response
ANTIGENS AS IMMUNOREGULATORY FACTORS
REGULATORY EFFECTS OF ANTIBODIES
ROLE OF LYMPHOCYTES IN IMMUNOREGULATION
IDIOTYPIC MODULATION OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
NEUROENDOCRINE REGULATION OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
GENETIC REGULATION OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
Chapter 14. Immunological Tolerance
EXPERIMENTAL INDUCTION OF TOLERANCE
CENTRAL THYMIC TOLERANCE TO AUTOANTIGENS
PERIPHERAL, OR POST-THYMIC, TOLERANCE TO SELF-ANTIGENS
B-CELL TOLERANCE TO SELF-ANTIGENS
ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED TOLERANCE IN VITRO
ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED TOLERANCE IN VIVO
INDUCTION OF TOLERANCE AS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
Chapter 15. Evolution of the Immune System
LYMPHOMYELOID TISSUES IN LOWER VERTEBRATES
AMPHIBIANS AS A MODEL FOR STUDYING IMMUNE ONTOGENY
Chapter 16. Antiviral Immunity
T- AND B-CELL-MEDIATED DEFENSE MECHANISMS
STRATEGIES OF VIRAL EVASION FROM IMMUNOLOGICAL CONTROL
Chapter 17. Immunity to Bacterial and Fungal Infections
Chapter 18. Immunity to Parasitic Infections
KEY FEATURES OF PARASITIC INFECTIONS
T LYMPHOCYTES PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNITY
MECHANISMS OF EVASION FROM THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
IMMUNOPATHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF PARASITIC INFECTIONS
Chapter 19. Vaccination
ANTIGENIC PREPARATIONS USED AS VACCINES
APPLICATION OF VACCINES IN CANCER THERAPY
Chapter 20. Tumor Immunology
TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS RECOGNIZED BY IMMUNE CELLS
TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS RECOGNIZED BY ANTIBODIES
IMMUNE RESPONSE TO HUMAN TUMORS AND MECHANISMS OF TUMOR EVASION
Chapter 21. Primary Immunodeficiency
COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEIN DEFICIENCIES
Chapter 22. Secondary Immunodeficiency
DRUG-INDUCED IMMUNODEFICIENCIES
NUTRITION AND IMMUNE REACTIVITY
Chapter 23. Hypersensitivity - Type I
TYPE I (IMMEDIATE) HYPERSENSITIVITY
GENETICS OF HUMAN ALLERGIC REACTIONS
GENES REGULATING ALLERGEN-SPECIFIC RESPONSES ARE LINKED TO HLA
FACTORS DETERMINING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALLERGY
ALLERGIC BREAKTHROUGH HYPOTHESIS
Chapter 24. Type II Hypersensitivity
REACTIONS DIRECTED AGAINST BLOOD CELLS
REACTIONS DIRECTED AGAINST TISSUE ANTIGENS
Chapter 25. Type III Hypersensitivity
TYPES OF IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASES
MECHANISMS OF TYPE III HYPERSENSITIVITY
EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASES
TISSUE DEPOSITION OF COMPLEXES
Chapter 26. Type IV Hypersensitivity
TUBERCULIN-TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY
GRANULOMATOUS HYPERSENSITIVITY
CELLULAR REACTIONS IN TYPE IV HYPERSENSITIVITY
DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH TYPE IV GRANULOMATOUS HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS
Chapter 27. Transplantation and Rejection
ROLE OF T LYMPHOCYTES IN GRAFT REJECTION
Chapter 28. Autoimmune Processes and Autoimmune Diseases
LINK BETWEEN AUTOIMMUNITY AND PATHOLOGY
SPECTRUM OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF AUTOANTIBODIES
Chapter 29. Immunological Methods
PRODUCTION OF PURIFIED ANTIBODIES
ISOLATION OF LYMPHOCYTE POPULATIONS
METHODS FOR DETECTING EFFECTOR CELLS
TRANSGENIC ANIMALS AND TARGETED GENE DELIVERY
Appendices