"For its price and size, it would be useful for most students, particularly in conjunction with lecture notes. Immunology is a rapidly changing discipline and this new edition is well justified." (Doody's, 30 September 2011) <p> "Now in its 6th edition this book is an excellent introduction to core immunological knowledge as well as a revision text...This book should appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of medical, nursing and biological sciences." (G.J.Ebrahim, December 2010)
Ian Todd is at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK <p>Gavin Spickett is at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
<p>Preface to the Sixth Edition, v <p>From the Preface to the First Edition, vi <p>Key to symbols used in the figures, vii <p>An overview of the immune system, viii <p>Part 1 Immunity and the Immune System <p>1 The nature of immunity, 3 <p>2 Immune recognition, 14 <p>3 Lymphocyte development and activation, 30 <p>4 Lymphocyte interactions, cytokines and the lymphoid system, 40 <p>5 Immunoglobulins, 55 <p>6 Complement, 69 <p>7 Phagocytes, 76 <p>8 Mast cells, basophils and eosinophils, 82 <p>9 Killer cells, 89 <p>Part 2 Immunopathology <p>10 Immunity and infection, 97 <p>11 Primary and secondary immunodeficiency disorders, 112 <p>12 The generation of tissue-damaging responses, 134 <p>13 Mechanisms of immunological tissue damage, 153 <p>14 Lymphoproliferative disease, 165 <p>15 Transplantation, 177 <p>16 Immunological therapy, 188 <p>Part 3 Self-assessment <p>Self-assessment questions, 199 <p>Self-assessment answers, 209 <p>Index, 215