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Immunology at a glance
Playfair, J. H. L.

Publisher:	Blackwell Pub.,
Pub date:	2005.
Pages:	101 p. :
ISBN:	9781405131339
Item info:	1 copy available in Non Fiction area. 1 copy total in all locations.

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Call number	Copies	Material	Location
QW 540 P722I 2006	1	Book	Non Fiction area

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Personal Author	Playfair, J. H. L.
Title	Immunology at a glance / J.H.L. Playfair, B.M. Chain.
Edition	8th ed.
Publication info	Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Physical descrip	101 p. : ill.
Series	(At a glance series)
Contents	The scope of immunology -- Innate and adaptive immune mechanisms -- Recognition and receptors: the keys to immunity -- Evolution of immune mechanisms -- Cells involved in immunity: the haemopoietic system -- Complement -- Acute inflammation -- Phagocytic cells: the reticuloendothelial system -- Phagocytosis -- Lymphocytes -- Primary lymphoid organs and lymphopoiesis -- Secondary lymphoid organs and lymphocyte traffic -- Evolution of recognition molecules: the immunoglobulin superfamily -- The major histocompatibility complex -- The T cell receptor -- Antibody diversification and synthesis -- Antibody structure and function -- Antigen recognition and processing -- The antibody response -- Antigen-antibody interaction and immune complexes -- Cell-mediated immune responses -- Tolerance -- Idiotypes, anti-idiotypes and networks -- The cytokine network -- Immunity, hormones, and the brain --
Contents	Antimicrobial immunity: a general scheme -- Immunity to viruses -- Immunity to bacteria -- Immunity to fungi -- Immunity to protozoa -- Immunity to worms -- Immunity to tumours -- Harmful immunity: a general scheme -- Allergy and anaphylaxis -- Immune complexes, complement and disease -- Chronic and cell-mediated inflammation -- Autoimmunity -- Transplant rejection -- Immunosuppression -- Immunodeficiency -- HIV and AIDS -- Immunostimulation and vaccination -- Immunity and clinical medicine -- Comparative sizes: comparative molecular weights -- Landmarks in the history of immunology: some unsolved problems -- CD classification.
Subject term	Immunity--Terminology--English.
Added author	Chain, B. M.