TY - BOOK AU - Mak,Tak W. TI - Primer to the immune response SN - 9780123741639 (pbk) U1 - 616.079 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston PB - Academic Press Elsevier KW - Immune response KW - Immune System Diseases KW - Cell receptor KW - Immunity KW - Histocompatibility KW - Immune System KW - Immunology KW - IIMC N1 - Includes index; Introduction to the immune response -- Components of the immune system -- Innate immunity -- The B cell receptor: proteins and genes -- B cell development, activation and effector functions -- The major histocompatibility complex -- Antigen processing and presentation -- The T cell receptor: proteins and genes -- T cell development, activation and effector functions -- Regulation of immune responses in the periphery -- NK, [gamma delta] T and NKT cells -- Mucosal and cutaneous immunity -- Immunity to infection -- Vaccination -- HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Tumor immunology -- Transplantation -- Immune hypersensitivity -- Autoimmune diseases -- Hematopoietic cancers ER -