Immunology Book

	Preface
1	Basic terms and concepts	1
2	Immune responses of invertebrates	9
3	Tissues and organs of the immune system	17
4	Blood cells in vertebrate immunity	41
5	Lymphocytes	58
6	Major histocompatibility complex molecules and their relatives	87
7	The T-cell and natural killer cell receptors	160
8	B-cell receptors, immunoglobulins and Fc receptors	204
9	Cell adhesion molecules	271
10	Cytokines and their receptors	291
11	Mediators and messengers	328
12	Complement and complement receptors	348
13	Antigens, superantigens and other lymphocyte-activating substances	393
14	Measurement of antigen-antibody interactions	422
15	Defence reactions mediated by phagocytes	442
16	T-lymphocyte and natural killer cell responses	465
17	B-lymphocyte responses	483
18	Systemic and regional immune responses	500
19	Immune response regulation	515
20	Immunological tolerance	522
21	Defence against invaders	532
22	Defence against tumours	596
23	Allergies and other hypersensitivities	608
24	Allograft reaction	635
25	Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases	651
26	Immunodeficiency diseases	659
27	Immunoprophylaxis	669
App. 1	Amino acids and their symbols	675
App. 2	CD molecules	677
	Index	687