Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease

by Mark Walport (Author), Paul Travers (Author), Charles A. Janeway (Author), J.Donald Capra (Author), M.J. Walport (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $4.22

  The central thesis of this book is that the immune system exists to protect the host from infection and that its evolutionary history was shaped by this challenge. Other aspects of immunology (eg allergy, graft rejection for example) are variations on the basic protective function. The book summarises the basic immunological concepts and introduces the main players . It deals with main aspects of adaptive immunity. It integrates the material at the level of the complete organism in both health and disease.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.27

  The central thesis of this book is that the immune system exists to protect the host from infection and that its evolutionary history was shaped by this challenge. Other aspects of immunology (for example allergy, graft rejection etc) are variations on the basic protective function. The first part of the book summarises the basic immunological concepts and introduces the main players . The middle three parts deal with main aspects of adaptive immunity. The last part integrates the material at the level of the complete organism in both health and disease.