okvet [Immunology for Medical Students, 3rd Edition]

Main Author: By Matthew Helbert, FRCP, FRCPath, PhD
ISBN: 9780702068010
Illustrations: Approx. 320 illustrations (320 in full color)
Imprint: Elsevier
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Page: 344

Comprehensive yet concise and easy to read, this updated edition of Immunology for Medical Students effectively explains complex immunology topics and their relevance in clinical practice. Boasting just the right amount of detail for today's busy medical student, it delivers state-of-the-art coverage of the latest scientific and clinical knowledge in the field. Detailed and explanatory illustrations, combined with clinically relevant examples and cases, offer a unique understanding of the human immune system and its role in protecting us from disease.

New to this edition

Student Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, and references from the book on a variety of devices. You'll also access 100 multiple-choice questions to enhance your understanding of the material.

Features 17 new clinical boxes as well as critical revisions to 25 of the clinical boxes featured in the previous edition, providing relevant, practical examples of cases commonly encountered in day-to-day practice.

Presents new material on T Cell Subsets, the molecular and cellular processes involved in their selection and differentiation, and how this knowledge is already translating into clinical developments.

Includes a brand-new chapter titled Regulation of the Immune System.

Section 1: Introduction
Introduction to the Immune System
Basic Concepts and Components of the Immune System

Section 2: Antigen-Recognition Molecules
3. Introduction to Antigen Recognition
4. Antigens and Antibody Structure
5. Antibody-Antigen Interaction
6. Antibody Diversity
7. The T-Cell Receptor
8. Major Histocompatibility Complex
9. Review of Antigen Recognition

Section 3: Physiology
10. Antigen Processing and Presentation
11. Lymphocyte Activation
12. Hematopoiesis
13. The Organs and Tissues of the Immune System
14. B-Cell Development
15. T-Cell Development
16. T-Cell Interactions and T-Cell Help
17. Immunological Memory and Homeostasis
18. Regulation of the Immune System
19. Brief Review of Immune Physiology

Section 4: Innate Immunity
20. Constitutive Defenses Including Complement
21. Phagocytes
22. Killing in the Immune System
23. Inflammation
24. Cytokines in the Immune System

Section 5: Immune System in Health and Disease
25. Infections and Vaccines
26. Hypersensitivity Reactions
27. Immediate Hypersensitivity (Type I): Allergy
28. How Autoimmune Disease Develops
29. Antibody-Mediated Hypersensitivity (Type II)
30. Immune Complex Disease (Type III Hypersensitivity)
31. Delayed Hypersensitivity (Type IV) and Review of Hypersensitivity Reactions
32. Primary Immunodeficiency
33. Secondary Immunodeficiency
34. Transplantation
35. Tumor Immunology
36. Bio Pharmaceuticals

By Matthew Helbert, FRCP, FRCPath, PhD, Consultant Immunologist, Department of Immunology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK