Roitt's Essential Immunology (Paperback, 13)

About the authors vi

Acknowledgments viii

Preface ix

Abbreviations x

How to use your textbook xvi

About the companion website xvii

Part 1: Fundamentals of immunology 1

1 Innate immunity 3

2 Specific acquired immunity 52

3 Antibodies 69

4 Membrane receptors for antigen 97

5 Antigen‐specific recognition 139

6 The anatomy of the immune response 167

7 Lymphocyte activation 187

8 The production of effectors 218

9 The regulation of the immune response 272

10 Development and evolution of the immune response 291

Part 2: Applied immunology 319

11 Adversarial strategies during infection 321

12 Vaccines 353

13 Immunodeficiency 378

14 Allergy and other hypersensitivities 405

15 Transplantation 435

16 Tumor immunology 458

17 Autoimmune diseases 499

Glossary 529

Index 541