Primer to the immune response

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.