An Interplay of Cellular and Molecular Components of Immunology

ISBN-13: 9781032260730 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 336 str.

Opis

The book provides a fundamental understanding of the essential principles of immunology, such as how our immune system recognizes/fights infectious agents, how our body differentiates between foreign and self-cells/molecules, and how the memory from previous infections aids in a faster and more effective immune response.

Spis treści

1. Overview of Immune System by Princi Hira. 2. Innate Immunity by Meena Yadav. 3. Adaptive Immunity by Meena Yadav. 4. Antigens by Priya Singh. 5. Antibody by Jyoti Singh. 6. Antigen-Antibody Interactions by Priya Singh. 7. Major Histocompatibility Complex and Antigen Presentation by Shanuja Beri and Niddhi Garg. 8. Cytokines by Neha Niharika, Sunita K. Yadav, and Jyoti Singh. 9. Complement System by Gauri Nandi. 10. Tolerance and Autoimmunity by Charu Tripathi. 11. Hypersensitivity by Vatsala Tripathi and Ritu Rai. 12. Transplantation Immunology by Priya Singh and Nidhi Garg. 13. Vaccines by Nidhi Garg. 14. Generation of Receptor Diversity by Garima Nagar, Pooja Mittal, and Archana Singh.15. Biology of the B lymphocyte by Renu Solanki, Shailly Anand, and Monisha Khanna. 16. Biology of the T lymphocyte by Shailly Anand and Renu Solanki. 17. Cell Mediated Cytotoxic Responses by Charu Tripathi.