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Extensively updated, with new contributors, brilliant new illustrations and a wealth of supporting material online, this 7th edition offers you a carefully structured approach to learning the building blocks of the immune system as well as initiation and actions of the immune response. The website which accompanies this text gives access to all the images in the book, up to 20 detailed animation sequences (which link to further supporting text, illustrations, molecular models and video clips), 8 lectures which explain how the immune system responds to different infections or to tissue grafts, and a test bank of 300 USMLE-style questions. Includes "Critical Thinking Boxes" which encourage you to "think immunologically" and help you test your own understanding of material. Provides extensive additional material online. Incorporates clinical cases at the end of chapters to give you a realistic clinical context in which to anchor your understanding of immunology. Uses high-yield-style chapter summaries to allow you a quick and effective way to double check all key concepts. Strengthened chapter opening objectives give a clearer idea of what you should know by the end of each chapter. Now includes STUDENT CONSULT access! www.studentconsult is an innovative website that allows you to build a personalized, fully integrated online library, where you'll find... The entire contents of every STUDENT CONSULT title you purchase. Integration links to bonus content in other STUDENT CONSULT titles. Powerful search capabilities- View all excerpts relevant to keyword or subject searches (up to 300 words per hit) from every book in the series. Image library. POCKETConsult-Download portions of your personal library onto your handheld. Student resources-Sharpen your skills, stay informed, and have fun!

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• Preface and user guide(p. vii)
• List of Contributors(p. ix)
• Section 1 Components of the Immune System
• 1 Introduction to the immune system(p. 3)
• 2 Cells, tissues and organs of the immune system(p. 19)
• 3 Antibodies(p. 59)
• 4 Complement(p. 87)
• 5 T cell receptors and MHC molecules(p. 105)
• Section 2 Modes of Immune Response
• 6 Mechanisms of innate immunity(p. 127)
• 7 Antigen presentation(p. 145)
• 8 Cell Cooperation in the antibody response(p. 163)
• 9 Mononuclear phagocytes in immune defence(p. 181)
• 10 Cell mediated cytotoxicity(p. 203)
• 11 Regulation of the immune response(p. 215)
• 12 Immune responses in tissues(p. 235)
• Section 3 Defence Against Infectious Agents
• 13 Immunity to viruses(p. 247)
• 14 Immunity to bacteria and fungi(p. 257)
• 15 Immunity to protozoa and worms(p. 277)
• 16 Primary immunodeficiency(p. 299)
• 17 AIDS and secondary immunodeficiency(p. 311)
• 18 Vaccination(p. 325)
• Section 4 Immune Responses Against Tissues
• 19 Immunological tolerance(p. 343)
• 20 Autoimmunity and autoimmune disease(p. 365)
• 21 Transplantation and rejection(p. 383)
• 22 Immunity to Cancers(p. 401)
• Section 5 Hypersensitivity
• 23 Immediate hypersensitivity (Type I)(p. 423)
• 24 Hypersensitivity (Type II)(p. 449)
• 25 Hypersensitivity (Type III)(p. 461)
• 26 Type IV hypersensitivity(p. 477)
• Explanations for critical thinking and case studies(p. 493)
• Appendices
• 1 Major histocompatibility complex(p. 507)
• 2 Recognized CD markers of hemopoietic cells and their distribution(p. 508)
• 3 The major cytokines(p. 522)
• 4 Human chemokines and their receptors(p. 524)
• Glossary(p. 527)
• Index(p. 535)