Immunology
Mucosal and Body Surface Defences
1. Auflage November 2011
398 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Kurzbeschreibung
Immunity: Mucosal Immunology in Health and Disease provides a realistic approach to the teaching of immunology, dealing with immunity at specific sites in the body - a novel approach not adopted in current books. This book is the first immunology textbook to focus on the mucosa, the largest immune organ in the body. It discusses basic aspects of immunology together with the main themes of modern mucosal immunology, and provides an integrated approach to describe the immunological events from the moment the antigen enters the body to the immune mechanisms that eradicate it.
Ein innovativer, realitätsnaher Ansatz, der manche Überraschung bereithält: Dieses Lehrbuch der Immunologie stellt spezifische Immunreaktionen in unterschiedlichen Regionen des Organismus in den Mittelpunkt und zeigt, dass nicht alle Bereiche des Körpers in gleicher Weise reagieren. Systematisch werden die immunologischen Ereignisse vom Eindringen des Antigens bis zu seiner schließlichen Vernichtung durch das Immunsystem verfolgt.
List of Standard Cells and Symbols, xvii
1 Basic Concepts in Immunology, 1
2 The Innate Immune System, 20
3 The Adaptive Immune System, 41
4 Cytokines, 68
5 Chemokines, 93
6 Basic Concepts in Mucosal Immunology, 111
7 Immunology of the Gastrointestinal Tract, 133
8 Immunology of the Airways, 156
9 Immunology of the Urogenital Tract and Conjunctiva, 177
10 Immunology of the Skin, 196
11 Immunity to Viruses, 217
12 Immunity to Bacteria, 238
13 Immunity to Fungi, 258
dissemination, 272
14 Immunity to Parasites, 278
15 Disorders of the Immune System, 302
16 Mucosal Tumour Immunology, 322
17 Vaccination, 342
Glossary of Terms, 363
Index, 374
