6th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008 - 1632 p. - ISBN10: 0781765196, ISBN13: 978-0781765190.
The textbook that has defined the field of immunology since 1984 is now in its thoroughly revised and updated Sixth Edition. This comprehensive, up-to-date text will be of interest to graduate students,post-doctoral fellows, basic and clinical immunologists, microbiologists and infectious disease physicians, and any physician treating diseases in which immunologic mechanisms play a role. This edition features expanded coverage of regulatory T cells, innate immunity, and dendritic cells. Additional chapters on cytokines are also included. A companion Website offers the fully searchable text, plus all illustrations in full color and comprehensive lists of references.
The Immune System
Lymphoid Tissues and Organs
Evolution of the Immune System
Immunoglobulins: Structure and Function
Antigen-antibody Interactions and Monoclonal Antibodies
Immunoglobulins: Molecular Genetics
B Lymphocyte Development and Biology
B Lymphocyte Signaling Mechanisms and Activation
B Lymphocyte Biology
T Cell Antigen Receptors
T Lymphocyte Signaling Mechanisms and Activation
Development of T Cells Ellen
Peripheral T Lymphocyte Responses and Function
The Innate Immune System
Dendritic Cells
Natural Killer Cells
NKT Cells and Other Innatelike T and B Lineages
Macrophages and Phagocytosis
Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Molecules: Structure, Function, and Genetics
Cell Biology of Antigen Processing and Presentation
Immunogenicity and Antigen Structure
Fc Receptors and Their Role in Immune Regulation and Inflammation
Type I Cytokines and Interferons and Their Receptors
Interleukin-1 Family of Ligands and Receptors
TNF-Related Cytokines in Immunity
Chemokines
Programmed Cell Death
Immunologic Memory
Immunologic Tolerance
Regulatory/Suppressor T Cells
The Mucosal Immune System
Neural Immune Interactions
Complement
Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes
The Immune Response to Parasites
Immunity to Viruses
Immune Responses to Intracellular Bacteria
Immunity to Extracellular Bacteria
Immunology of HIV Infection
Vaccines
Systemic Autoimmunity
Organ-Specific Autoimmunity
Immunological Mechanisms of Allergic Disease
Transplantation Immunology
Tumor Immunology
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases