Sompayrac, Lauren,

How the immune system works / Lauren Sompayrac. - Fifth edition. - USA Wiley 2016 - 151 p. 27 cm.

Includes index.

An overview -- The innate immune system -- The innate immune system -- B cells and antibodies the magic of antigen presentation -- Magic of antigen presentation -- Activating t cells -- T cells at work -- Secondary lymphoid organs and lymphocyte trafficking -- Restraining the immune system -- Tolerance induction and MHC restriction -- Immunological memory -- The intestinal immune system -- Vaccines -- The immune system gone wrong -- Immunodeficiency -- Cancer and the immune system.

9781118997772 (pbk.)

2015015315


Immune System--physiology.
Immune System--anatomy & histology.
Immune System--physiopathology.
Immunity--physiology.

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