Immunology, infection, and immunity / ed. by Gerald B. Pier, Jeffrey B. Lyczak, Lee M. Wetzler

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Overview of immunity / Karen E. Yates and Jeffrey B. Lyczak -- Innate immunity / Jeffrey B. Lyczak -- Cells of the immune system / Elinor M. Levy -- Organs and tissues of the immune system / Steven A. Bogen -- Complement / Francis Moore, Jr. -- Antibodies / Ronald B. Corley -- Molecular genetics of antibody diversity / Guillermo E. Taccioli -- Antigens, antigenicity, and immunogenicity / Gerald B. Pier -- Antibody-antigen interactions and measurements of immunologic reactions / Johannes Huebner -- B-lymphocyte activation and antibody production / Lee M. Wetzler and Hilde-Kari Guttormsen -- The major histocompatibility complex / Jeffrey B. Lyczak -- Antigen processing and presentation / Lee M. Wetzler -- The t-cell receptor / Howard Ceri and Chris Mody -- T-cell maturation and activation / Gerald B. Pier, Howard Ceri, Chris Mody, and Michael Preston -- Cellular communication / Arthur O. Tzianabos and Lee M. Wetzler

Cell-mediated immunity / William R. Green -- Mucosal immunity / Scott Simpson and Lee M. Wetzler -- Immunity to bacterial infections / Gerald B. Pier -- Immunity to viruses / Edward Barker -- Immunity to parasitic and fungal infections / Judith E. Allen and Leo X. Liu -- Vaccines and vaccination / Gerald B. Pier -- Immunology and aids / Saskia Boisot and Gerald B. Pier -- Clinical and genetic perspectives in primary immunodeficiency disorders / Jeff Milunsky and Stephen I. Pelton -- Cancer and the immune system / Lisa H. Butterfield, Stephen P. Schoenberger, and Jeffrey B. Lyczak -- Hypersensitivity / J. Patrick Whelan and Carolyn L. Cannon -- Autoimmunity and disease / Harley Y. Tse and Michael K. Shaw -- Transplantation immunology / Anil Chandraker and Mohamed H. Sayegh