General Immunology
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General Immunology

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General Immunology

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General Immunology provides a general overview of the immune system. It presents topics in immunology from all living groups, treating cells, tissues, organs, and organismal levels of biological organization. The book contains 23 chapters organized into eight sections. Section I serves as an introduction to immunology—a science, a sketch of its history, some of its more recent contributors, something about gathering facts, immunology journals, and the entire biomedical enterprise of which immunology is just a part. Section II is devoted to antigens while Section III examines the immune system in chordates and the ontogeny of the immune system. Section IV on cells of the immune system covers monocytes, macrophages, the three granulocytic types, and mast cells. Section V deals with phagocytosis and the interaction of lymphocytes. Section VI is devoted to antigens in relation to antibody synthesis, antigen-antibody interactions, immunologlobulin structure, and immunologlobulin assembly. Section VII on organs of the immune system examines bone marrow, thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, and lymphoid aggregations. Section VIII discusses the evolution of the immune system. This text was written for advanced undergraduates. However, its comprehensiveness makes it useful to immunologists and biologists at all levels as well as medical students and clinicians.

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Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2014
ISBN
9781483136592
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Zoology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. General Immunology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Section I. Introduction
  9. 1. Immunology and the Scientific Method
  10. 2. An Overview of Immunity
  11. 3. Analysing the Immune System
  12. Section II. Foreignness
  13. 4. Antigens
  14. Section III. How the Immune System Developed
  15. 5. The Phylum Chordata
  16. 6. Ontogeny of the Immune System
  17. Section IV. Cells of the Immune System
  18. 7. Macrophages and Monocytes
  19. 8. Granulocytes and Mast Cells
  20. 9. The Lymphocytes
  21. Section V. Defense and Immunity
  22. 10. Phagocytosis
  23. 11. Interactions of Lymphocytes
  24. Section VI. Antigens, Antibodies and Immunoglobulins
  25. 12. Antigen-Antibody Reactions
  26. 13. Antibody Synthesis
  27. 14. Structure of Immunoglobulins
  28. 15. Immunoglobulin Assembly
  29. Section VII. Organs of the Immune System
  30. 16. The Bone Marrow
  31. 17. The Thymus
  32. 18. The Spleen
  33. 19. Lymph Nodes
  34. 20. Lymphoid Aggregations and Nodules
  35. Section VIII. How the Immune System Evolved
  36. 21. Phylogeny of Cell-mediated Immunity
  37. 22. Humoral Immunity in Invertebrates
  38. 23. Evolution and Theories of Immunity
  39. Further Reading
  40. Appendix
  41. Index