Immunology at a Glance by Playfair, J.H.L.; Chain, Benjamin;

Rövid leírás:

Immunology at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for undergraduate medical and science students. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by clear, informative line diagrams illustrating the essential points.

Hosszú leírás:

Immunology at a Glance provides a concise, and accessible introduction and revision aid for undergraduate medical and science students. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by clear, informative line diagrams illustrating the essential points.

This new edition of Immunology at a Glance:

• Contains a second colour throughout to enhance the visual appeal, making the subject even easier to understand
  
• Presents schematic diagrams on the left page and concise explanations of the right, showing the mechanisms involved in immunological processes
  
• Has been thoroughly revised and updated with brand new information on:
  
  
  
  • recognition and receptors
    
  • immunity and clinical medicine.

Immunology at a Glance will continue to appeal to all students of biomedical science and medicine who want a quick, yet thorough grasp of immunology.

Reviews of the last edition

"It is pitched at the right level for 2nd MB students and will also act as a useful reminder to those students embarking on Part IV Pathology."
St. Mary's Hospital Gazette

"Professor Playfair has succeeded in offering a condensed, readable notebook or dictionary of immunology whose greatest worth rests with the simple yet intricate figures which highlight the 34 chapters."
Trends in Biotechnology on the fourth edition

Immunology at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for undergraduate medical and science students. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by clear, informative line diagrams illustrating the essential points.

This new edition of Immunology at a Glance:

• contains a second colour throughout to enhance the visual appeal and present the subject even more clearly
  
• presents schematic diagrams and a brief text on the left page and concise explanations on the right to show the mechanisms involved in immunological processes
  
• has been thoroughly revised and updated with new chapters on:
  
  
  
  • recognition and receptors
    
  • immunity and clinical medicine.

Immunology at a Glance will continue to appeal to all students of biomedical science and medicine who want a quick, yet thorough, grasp of immunology.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Note on the eighth edition.

How to use this book.

Further reading.

Immunity.

1 The scope of immunology.

2 Innate and adaptive immune mechanisms.

3 Recognition and receptors: the keys to immunity.

4 Evolution of immune mechanisms.

5 Cells involved in immunity: the haemopoietic system.

Innate immunity.

6 Complement.

7 Acute inflammation.

8 Phagocytic cells: the reticulo-endothelial system.

9 Phagocytosis.

Adaptive immunity.

(i) The cellular basis.

10 Lymphocytes.

11 Primary lymphoid organs and lymphopoiesis.

12 Secondary lymphoid organs and lymphocyte traffic.

(ii) The molecular basis.

13 Evolution of recognition mechanisms: the immunoglobulin superfamily.

14 The major histocompatibility complex.

15 The T-cell receptor.

16 Antibody diversification and synthesis.

17 Antibody structure and function.

(iii) The adaptive immune response.

18 Antigen recognition and processing.

19 The antibody response.

20 Antigen-antibody interaction and immune complexes.

21 Cell-mediated immune responses.

(iv) Regulation.

22 Tolerance.

23 Idiotypes, anti-idiotypes and networks.

24 The cytokine network.

25 Immunity, hormones and the brain.

Potentially useful immunity.

26 Anti-microbial immunity: a general scheme.

27 Immunity to viruses.

28 Immunity to bacteria.

29 Immunity to fungi.

30 Immunity to protozoa.

31 Immunity to worms.

32 Immunity to tumours.

Undesirable effects of immunity.

33 Harmful immunity: a general scheme.

34 Allergy and anaphylaxis.

35 Immune complexes, complement and disease.

36 Chronic and cell-mediated inflammation.

37 Autoimmunity.

38 Transplant rejection.

Altered immunity.

39 Immunosuppression.

40 Immunodeficiency.

41 HIV and AIDS.

42 Immunostimulation and vaccination.

Summary.

43 Immunity and clinical medicine.

Appendices.

44 Comparative sizes and molecular weights.

45 Landmarks in the history of immunology: some unsolved problems.

46 The CD classification.

Index.