Immunology /
Janis Kuby.
- New York : W.H. Freeman, c1992.
- xix, 585 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of the immune system -- Experimental systems -- Cells and organs of the immune system -- Antigens -- Immunoglobulins: structure and function -- Antigen-antibody interactions -- Hybridomas and monoclonal antibody -- Organization and expression of immunoglobulin genes -- Major histocompatibility complex -- T-cell receptor -- Cytokines -- Generation of the humoral immune response -- Cell-mediated immunity -- Immune regulation -- The complement system -- Hypersensitive reactions -- Autoimmunity -- Vaccines -- Immune response to infectious diseases -- Immunodeficiency diseases -- The immune system in AIDS -- Transplantation immunology -- Cancer and the immune system.