Veterinary Immunology 11Th Edition

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Surviving in a Microbial World
• Innate Immunity: How to Detect Invaders
• Humoral Innate Immunity: Inflammation
• Humoral Innate Immunity: Antimicrobial Peptides
• Humoral Innate Immunity: The Complement System
• Cellular Innate Immunity: Leukocytes
• Cellular Innate Immunity: Macrophages and Recovery from Inflammation
• Sickness: The Body’s Innate Responses
• How Immune Cells Communicate: Cytokines and Their Receptors
• Antigens: Triggers of Adaptive Immunity
• Dendritic Cells, Antigen Processing, and Presentation
• The Major Histocompatibility Complex
• Lymphoid Organs: Their Structure and Functions
• Lymphocytes
• Helper T Cells: Diverse Responses to Antigens
• B Cells and Their Response to Antigens
• Antibodies: Soluble Antigen Receptors
• How Antigen-Binding Receptors Are Made
• T Cells and the Destruction of Intracellular Invaders
• Innate Lymphoid Cells
• Regulation of Adaptive Immunity
• The Microbiota and the Immune System
• Immunity on Body Surfaces
• Immunity in the Fetus and Newborn
• Vaccines and Their Production
• The Use of Vaccines
• Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi
• Immunity to Viruses
• Immunity to Parasites
• Mast Cell– and Eosinophil-Mediated Hypersensitivity
• Selected Allergic Diseases
• Red Cell Antigens and Antibody-Mediated Hypersensitivity
• Immune Complexes and Neutrophil-Mediated Hypersensitivity
• T Cell–Mediated Hypersensitivities
• Organ Graft Rejection and Pregnancy
• Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy
• Autoimmune Diseases and the Loss of Tolerance
• Selected Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases
• Selected Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
• Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
• Secondary Immunological Defects
• Drugs and Other Agents That Affect the Immune System
• Immunodiagnostic Methods