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• Basic Immunology
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• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1. BASIC NOTIONS OF IMMUNITY
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. RESISTANCE
• III. SPECIFIC IMMUNITY
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 2. ANTIGENS
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. ANTIGENICITY
• III. SPECIFICITY
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 3. IMMUNOGLOBULINS
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. PATHOLOGICAL IMMUNOGLOBULINS: PROTOTYPES OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE
• III. ANIMAL IMMUNOGLOBULINS
• IV. GENERAL STRUCTURE
• V. DETAILED STRUCTURE AND ANTIGENIC COMPOSITION
• VI. SUBDIVISIONS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASSES
• VII. EVOLUTION AND CONTROL OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE
• VIII. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 4. THE PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODY
• I. THE FATF OF ANTIGEN
• II. PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODY
• III. FACTORS WHICH INCREASE THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
• IV. FACTORS WHICH DEPRESS THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
• V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 5. THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. COMPONENTS OF COMPLEMENT
• III. MECHANISM OF IMMUNE LYSIS
• IV. OTHER BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF COMPLEMENT COMPONENTS
• V. CONGLUTININ
• VI. DEFICIENCIES OF COMPLEMENT
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 6. ANTIGEN–ANTIBODY REACTIONS
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. MECHANISMS OF REACTION
• III. SECONDARY REACTIONS
• IV. ANTIGEN–ANTIBODY REACTIONS INVOLVING COMPLEMENT
• V. CROSS-REACTIONS
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 7. IMMEDIATE HYPERSENSITIVITY
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. ANAPHYLAXIS
• III. BIOCHEMICAL MEDIATORS
• IV. PASSIVE CUTANEOUS ANAPHYLAXIS
• V. REAGINS
• VI. BLOCKING ANTIBODIES
• VII. ANAPHYLATOXIN
• VIII. ARTHUS REACTION
• IX. SERUM SICKNESS
• X. SHWARTZMAN REACTION
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 8. CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY: IN VITRO STUDIES
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION
• III. LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION
• IV. SPECIFIC CELL-MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY IN VITRO
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 9. CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY AND DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. THE ELICITATION OF DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY
• III. THE INDUCTION OF DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY
• IV. ANTIGENIC SPECIFICITY IN DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY
• V. TRANSFER OF DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY BY CELLS
• VI. THE ROLE OF HUMORAL FACTORS IN THE TRANSFER OF DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY
• VII. ANTIBODY AND DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY
• VIII. THE ROLE OF THE THYMUS IN DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY
• IX. FACTORS AFFECTING DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY
• X. DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY AND IMMUNITY
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 10. TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. THE FATE OF GRAFTS
• III. THE MECHANISM OF THE HOMOGRAFT REACTION
• IV. METHODS FOR ABROGATING THE HOMOGRAFT REACTION
• V. SPECIFIC IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE
• VI. GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST REACTIONS
• VII. CHIMAERAS
• VIII. DONOR SELECTION IN HUMAN-ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 11. TUMOUR IMMUNOLOGY
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. TRANSPLANTATION OF TUMOURS
• III. PRODUCTION OF IMMUNITY TO NEOPLASMS
• IV. IMMUNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT
• V. TUMOUR-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS
• VI. IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CARCINOGENESIS AND THE GROWTH OF ESTABLISHED TUMOURS
• VII. IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASMS
• REFERENCES
• CHAPTER 12. AUTO-IMMUNITY
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. CAUSES OF AUTO-IMMUNIZATION
• III. EXPERIMENTAL AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASE
• IV. AUTO-IMMUNITY AND DISEASE IN MAN
• V. CONCLUSIONS
• REFERENCES
• INDEX