Table of Contents

Overview of the Immune System - Cells and Organs of the Immune System - Antigens - Immunoglobulins: Structure and Function - Organization and Expression of Immunoglobulin Genes - Antigen-antibody Interactions: Principles and Applications - Major Histocompatibility Complex - Antigen Processing and Presentation - T-Cell Receptor - T-Cell Maturation, Activation, and Differentiation - B-Cell Generation, Activation, and Differentiation - Cytokines - The Complement System - Cell-mediated Effector Responses - Leukocyte Activation and Migration - Hypersensitive Reactions - Infection and Immunity - Vaccines - AIDS and Other Immunodeficiences - Autoimmunity - Transplantation Immunology - Cancer and the Immune System - Experimental Systems

About the Author

RICHARD GOLDSBY, Amherst College - THOMAS J. KINDT, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease - BARBARA A. OSBORNE, University of Massachusetts, Amherst - JANIS KUBY, late of San Francisco State University