Immunology

David Male is Professor of Biology in the Department of Life Sciences at The Open University, Milton Keynes. R. Stokes Peebles is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

• SECTION 1 The Immune System and Innate Immunity1. Introduction to the Immune System2. Cells, Tissues and Organs of the Immune System3. Mechanisms of Innate Immunity4. Complement5. Mononuclear Phagocytes in Immune DefenceSECTION 2 Adaptive Immune Responses6. T-Cell Receptors and Major Histocompatibility Complex Molecules7. Antigen Presentation8. Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity9. B-Cell Development and the Antibody Response10. Antibodies11. Immunological Tolerance12. Regulation of the Immune Response13. Immune Responses in TissuesSECTION 3 Defence Against Infectious Agents14. Immunity to Viruses15. Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi16. Immunity to Protozoa and Worms17. VaccinationSECTION 4 Immunodeficiency18. Primary Immunodeficiencies19. AIDS, Secondary Immunodeficiency and ImmunosuppressionSECTION 5 Immune Responses Against Tissues20. Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Disease21. Transplantation and Rejection22. Immunity to CancersSECTION 6 Hypersensitivity23. Immediate Hypersensitivity (Type I)24. Hypersensitivity (Type II)25. Hypersensitivity (Type III)26. Hypersensitivity (Type IV)