TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pier, Gerald Bryan
AU  - Pier,Gerald Bryan
AU  - Lyczak,Jeffrey B.
AU  - Wetzler,Lee M.
TI  - Immunology, infection, and immunity
SN  - 9781555812461 (hbk.) :
AV  - QR181 .I443 2004
U1  - 616.079 21
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Washington, D.C., [Oxford
PB  - ASM, Blackwell]
KW  - Immunology
KW  - Infection
KW  - Immune System
KW  - Immunity, Cellular
KW  - Immunologic Diseases
KW  - Immune System Diseases
N1  - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; Overview of immunity / Karen E. Yates and Jeffrey B. Lyczak -- Innate immunity / Jeffrey B. Lyczak -- Cells of the immune system / Elinor M. Levy -- Organs and tissues of the immune system / Steven A. Bogen -- Complement / Francis Moore, Jr. -- Antibodies / Ronald B. Corley -- Molecular genetics of antibody diversity / Guillermo E. Taccioli -- Antigens, antigenicity, and immunogenicity / Gerald B. Pier -- Antibody-antigen interactions and measurements of immunologic reactions / Johannes Huebner -- B-lymphocyte activation and antibody production / Lee M. Wetzler and Hilde-Kari Guttormsen -- The major histocompatibility complex / Jeffrey B. Lyczak -- Antigen processing and presentation / Lee M. Wetzler -- The t-cell receptor / Howard Ceri and Chris Mody -- T-cell maturation and activation / Gerald B. Pier, Howard Ceri, Chris Mody, and Michael Preston -- Cellular communication / Arthur O. Tzianabos and Lee M. Wetzler; Cell-mediated immunity / William R. Green -- Mucosal immunity / Scott Simpson and Lee M. Wetzler -- Immunity to bacterial infections / Gerald B. Pier -- Immunity to viruses / Edward Barker -- Immunity to parasitic and fungal infections / Judith E. Allen and Leo X. Liu -- Vaccines and vaccination / Gerald B. Pier -- Immunology and aids / Saskia Boisot and Gerald B. Pier -- Clinical and genetic perspectives in primary immunodeficiency disorders / Jeff Milunsky and Stephen I. Pelton -- Cancer and the immune system / Lisa H. Butterfield, Stephen P. Schoenberger, and Jeffrey B. Lyczak -- Hypersensitivity / J. Patrick Whelan and Carolyn L. Cannon -- Autoimmunity and disease / Harley Y. Tse and Michael K. Shaw -- Transplantation immunology / Anil Chandraker and Mohamed H. Sayegh
N2  - The basic molecular & cellular components of the immune system are examined, relative to the pathogenisis & prevention of infectious diseases. With contributions from multiple areas of immunology, this text offers current information in a rapidly moving field
ER  -