TY - GEN TI - Immunology: a short course SN - 9781118396919 U1 - 616.079 PY - 2015/// CY - NJ PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Immunology. Allergy and Immunology. Immune System Diseases N1 - Overview of the immune system -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Immunogens and antigens -- Antibody structure and function -- Antigen-antibody interactions, immune assays, and experimental systems -- The genetic basis of antibody structure -- Biology of the B lymphocyte -- How T cells recognize antigen : the role of the major histocompatibility complex -- Biology of the T lymphocyte -- Activation and function of T cells -- Cytokines -- Tolerance and autoimmunity -- Complement -- Hypersensitivity : type I -- Hypersensitivity : types II and III -- Hypersensitivity : type IV -- Immunodeficiency disorders and neoplasias of the lymphoid system -- Transplantation -- Tumor immunology -- Resistance and immununization to infectious diseases ER -