Main description:

Introductory Immunology: Basic Concepts for Interdisciplinary Applications, Second Edition is a completely updated, revised and expanded resource on the immune system as a primary defense for the maintenance of health and homeostasis. The book highlights the components of the human immune system and how they work together to confer protection against pathogenic invaders. It also creates an understanding of the basis for clinical tests and immune therapeutics and their importance in identifying and treating disease states. This updated edition will strengthen the foundation required to understand the placement of immune function within clinical practice, thus allowing a basic platform to define therapeutic treatments.

Contents:

1. Overview of immune components 2. Host immune defenses 3. Systems and cells 4. Innate and adaptive components 5. Immune reactions 6. How we defend against infectious agents 7. Bacteria and mycobacteria 8. Viral agents 9. HIV/AIDS 10. Fungal and parasitic organisms 11. Basic disorders of immune function 12. Autoimmunities 13. Allergies, asthma, and endocrinology 14. Vaccines and Immunotherapy 15. How vaccines function 16. Vaccines: Truths and myths 17. Immunopharmacology 18. Immunity and aging 19. Cancer immunology 20. Natural defense against tumors 21. Cancers of the immune system 22. Transplantation