Immunology : mucosal and body surface defences /
"The vast majority of medically important pathogens infect their host across a body surface such as the skin, or across a mucosal tissue such as the respiratory tract or intestines, as these sites are the ones exposed to the external environment. By focusing on immunity at mucosal and body surf...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons,
2012.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Basic concepts in immunology
- Innate immune system
- Adaptive immune system
- Cytokines
- Chemokines
- Basic concepts in mucosal immunology
- Immunology of the gastrointestinal tract
- Immunology of the airways
- Immunology of the urogenital tract and conjunctiva
- Immunology of the skin
- Immunity to viruses
- Immunity to bacteria
- Immunity to fungi
- Immunity to parasites
- Disorders of the immune system
- Mucosal tumour imaging
- Vaccination.
- Immunology; Contents; Preface; List of Standard Cells and Symbols; 1 Basic Concepts in Immunology; 1.1 The immune system; 1.2 Tissues and cells of the immune system; 1.3 Activation, regulation and functions of immune responses; 1.4 Innate versus adaptive immunity; 1.5 Primary and secondary immune responses; 1.6 Immune cell development; 1.7 Mast cells and basophils; 1.8 Eosinophils; 1.9 Neutrophils; 1.10 Monocytes and macrophages; 1.11 Dendritic cells; 1.12 Natural killer cells; 1.13 CD4+ T helper cells; 1.14 CD8+ cytotoxic T cells; 1.15 B cells; 1.16 gd T cells; 1.17 Natural killer T cells.