000			01447cam a22002054a 4500
020			_a0131968459 (paperback : alk. paper)
020			_a9780131968455 (paperback : alk. paper)
082	0	0	_a616.07/9
100	1		_aWood, Peter
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding immunology /
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aHarlow, England ; _aNew York : _bPearson Prentice Hall, _c2006.
300			_axiv, 300 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.) ;
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aThe threat of the body: the role and requirements of the immune system -- The immediate response to infection: innate immunity and the inflammatory response -- Specific immune recognition: the antibody molecule -- T lymphocytes and MHC-associated recognition of antigen -- Generation of diversity: how do T and B cells generate so many different variants of their antigen receptors? -- Anatomy of the immune system -- Anatomical and cellular aspects of antibody production -- Effector mechanisms: dealing with pathogens in vivo (1) antibody-mediated responses -- Effector mechanisms: dealing with pathogens in vivo (2) cell-mediated immunity -- Immunological memory and vaccination -- Lymphocyte development and immunological tolerance -- Autoimmune diseases -- Allergy and other hypersensitivities -- AIDS -- Maniulating the immune system: transplantation and tumours.
650		0	_aImmunology.
650	1	2	_aImmune System.
650	2	2	_aImmunity.
942			_cBK
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