Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the immune response
- Components of the immune system
- Innate immunity
- The B cell receptor: proteins and genes
- B cell development, activation and effector functions
- The major histocompatibility complex
- Antigen processing and presentation
- The T cell receptor: proteins and genes
- T cell development, activation and effector functions
- Regulation of immune responses in the periphery
- NK, [gamma delta] T and NKT cells
- Mucosal and cutaneous immunity
- Immunity to infection
- Vaccination
- HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- Tumor immunology
- Transplantation
- Immune hypersensitivity
- Autoimmune diseases
- Hematopoietic cancers