Kuby immunology / Jenni Punt, Sharon A. Stranford, Patricia P. Jones, Judith A. Owen.

Previous edition: 2013.

Originally published as: Immunology / Janis Kuby. [1992].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Introduction -- Overview of the immune system -- Cells, organs, and microenvironments of the immune system -- Recognition and response -- II. Innate immunity -- Innate immunity -- The complement ssytem -- III. Adaptive immunity : antigen receptors and MHC -- The organization and expression of lymphocyte receptor genes -- The major histocompatibility complex and antigen presentation -- IV. Adaptive immunity : development -- T-cell development -- B-cell development -- V. Adaptive immunity : effector responses -- T-cell activation, helper subset differvention, and memory -- B-cell activation, differentiation, and memory generation -- Effector responses : antibody- and cell-mediated immunity -- Barrier immunity : the immunology of mucosa and skin -- The adaptive immune response in space and time -- VI. The immune system in health and disease -- Allergy, hypersensitivities, and chronic inflammation -- Tolerance, autoimmunity, and transplantation -- Infectious diseases and vaccines -- Immunodeficiency diseases -- Cancer and the immune system -- VII. Experimental methods -- Experimental systems and methods.

"Kuby Immunology remains an authoritative scientific text, but is written with students in mind by educators who actively teach undergraduate immunology. The new 8th edition retains its hallmark experimental presentation of the most current research, while now incorporating new content to help students see the big picture. Janis Kuby's groundbreaking introduction to immunology was the first textbook for the course actually written to be a textbook. Like no other text, it combined an experimental emphasis with extensive pedagogical features to help students grasp basic concepts. Now in a thoroughly updated new edition, Kuby Immunology remains the only undergraduate introduction to immunology written by teachers of the course. In the Kuby tradition, authors Jenni Punt, Sharon Stranford, Patricia Jones, and Judy Owen present the most current topics in an experimental context, conveying the excitement of scientific discovery, and highlight important advances, but do so with the focus on the big picture of the study of immune response, enhanced by unsurpassed pedagogical support for the first-time learner. Punt, Stranford, Jones, and Owen bring an enormous range of teaching and research experiences to the text, as well as a dedication to continue the experiment-based, pedagogical-driven approach of Janis Kuby. For this edition, they have worked chapter by chapter to streamline the coverage, to address topics that students have the most trouble grasping, and to continually remind students where the topic at hand fits in the study of immunology as a whole." -- Provided by publisher.