UNIT I: Sense of Being: The Concept of Self and SelfNonself
Recognition
Chapter 1: The Need for
Self-Recognition
Chapter 2: Antigens and Receptors
UNIT II: The Innate Immune System
Chapter 3: Barriers to Infection
Chapter 4: Cells of the Innate Immune
System
Chapter 5: Innate Immune Function
UNIT III: The Adaptive Immune System
Chapter 6: Molecules of Adaptive
Immunity
Chapter 7: Cells and Organs
Chapter 8: Generation of Immune Diversity: Lymphocyte
Antigen Receptors
Chapter 9: Lymphocyte Development
Chapter 10: Lymphocyte Activation
Chapter 11 : Lymphocyte Effector Functions
Chapter 12: Regulation of Adaptive
Responses
UNIT IV: Clinical Aspects of Immunity
Chapter 13: The Well Patient: How Innate and Adaptive Immune
Responses Maintain Health
Chapter 14: Hypersensitivity Reactions
Chapter 15: Immune Deficiency
Chapter 16: Autoimmunity
Chapter 17: Transplantation
Chapter 18: Immune Pharmacotherapy
Chapter 19: Tumor Immunity
Chapter 20: Measurement of Immune Function
Review Questions
Abbreviations
Glossary
Index