Immunology

Table of Contents: “…SECTION 1: The Immune System and Innate Immunity -- 1 Introduction to the Immune System -- 2 Cells, Tissues and Organs of the Immune System -- 3 Mechanisms of Innate Immunity -- 4 Complement -- 5 Mononuclear Phagocytes in Immune Defence -- SECTION 2 Adaptive Immune Responses: 6 T-Cell Receptors and Major Histocompatibility Complex Molecules -- 7 Antigen Presentation -- 8 Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity -- 9 B-Cell Development and the Antibody Response -- 10 Antibodies -- 11 Immunological Tolerance -- 12 Regulation of the Immune Response -- 13 Immune Responses in Tissues -- SECTION 3 Defence Against Infectious Agents: 14 Immunity to Viruses -- 15 Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi -- 16 Immunity to Protozoa and Worms -- 17 Vaccination -- SECTION 4 Immunodeficiency: 18 Primary Immunodeficiencies -- 19 AIDS, Secondary Immunodeficiency and Immunosuppression -- SECTION 5 Immune Responses Against Tissues: 20 Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Disease -- 21 Transplantation and Rejection -- 22 Immunity to Cancers -- SECTION 6 Hypersensitivity: 23 Immediate Hypersensitivity (Type I) -- 24 Hypersensitivity (Type II) -- 25 Hypersensitivity (Type III) -- 26 Hypersensitivity (Type IV)…”