000			01270cam a2200181 4500
001			1118997778
008			151106t2015 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a1118997778
020			_a9781118997772
100			_aSompayrac, L
245		0	_aHow the immune system works
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aChichester, West Sussex _bWiley Blackwell _c2015
490			_aHow it works
520			_aThis book offers fifteen easy-to-follow lectures which provide an introduction to all key elements of immunology, followed by practical discussion on how each of the components interacts with one another. The book has been updated for its fourth edition to reflect today's immunology teaching and includes updated discussion of B and T cell memory, T cell activation, vaccines, immunodeficiency, and cancer. Topics covered: An overview; the innate immune system; B cells and antibodies; the magic of antigen presentation; T cell actiovation; T cells at work; secondary lymphoid organs and lymphocyte traffic; restraining the immune system; tolerance induction and MHC restriction; immunological memory; vaccines; the immune system gone wrong; immunodeficiency; cancer and the immune system; a critique of the immune system.
690			_aImmunology
999			_c55582 _d55582