Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease

by Mark Shlomchik (Author), Paul Travers (Author), Charles A. Janeway (Author), Mark Walport MA PhD FRCP FRCPath FMedSci (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $4.18

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.24

  The central thesis of this text is that the immune system exists to protect its host from infection and that its evolutionary history was shaped by this challenge. The first part summarises the basic immunological concepts, the middle three parts deal with main aspects of adaptive immunity, while the final part integrates the material at the level of the complete organism in both health and disease.