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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
William E Paul |
ISBN: | 9781421418018 1421418010 |
OCLC Number: | 900869876 |
Description: | xiii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Part 1. Immunology : Defense and danger ; Tracing an immune response ; The laws of immunology: universality, tolerance, and appropriateness ; Growing up and learning immunology -- Part 2. The first law: universality : Vaccines and serum therapy ; How is specificity achieved? ; Immunology's "eureka": clonal selection ; How does each lymphocyte develop a distinct receptor? ; B cells and T cells recognize different types of antigens ; My foray into the specificity problem ; Genes and immune response ; The Laboratory of Immunology and the T-cell receptor -- Part 3. The second law: tolerance ; What is tolerance? ; How does tolerance develop? ; Regulatory T cells and the prevention of autoimmunity -- Part 4. The third law: appropriateness : Different structures, different functions ; Specific types of infections, specific types of T-cell responses ; Our discovery of IL-4 and the cells that make it ; CD8 T cells: killer cells and friends ; Dendritic cells: the cells that interpret the infectious threat -- Part 5. How did the immune system evolve? : An "ancient" immune response controls "modern" immunity ; The microbiome and innate immunity ; Evolution of the immune system and innate lymphoid cells -- Part 6. AIDS, autoimmunity, allergy, cancer, and transplantation : The HIV epidemic and the Office of AIDS Research ; How the immune system causes rheumatoid arthritis and lupus ; Allergy and asthma ; Interleukin-4 and allergy ; Can the immune system control cancer? ; New parts for old: bone marrow and organ transplantation ; Julien -- Conclusion. The future of immunology. |
Responsibility: | William E. Paul, MD. |
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An excellent overview of what science knows about immunology today. -- Harriet Hall Science-Based Medicine Written by a prominent researcher and scholar who not only followed the history of immunology but also participated in its creation, Immunity could be considered as an excellent summary of the classical, pre-systemic, immunological era. Metascience It is well written, informative and gives detailed descriptions even down to defining platelets- sometimes we make the assumption that individuals know these details but the author has pre-empted this and provided ample explanations, which in essence will widen his audience... I would recommend this book to students, healthcare assistants, clinicians, and nurse specialists working within all areas. In essence this book could be read by individuals who have an keen interest within immunity but is written in such a way that it is accessible to those who have little or no knowledge within this area as the book is so informative. Nursing Times Read more...


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