Fundamental immunology

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I: Introduction -- The immune system / William E. Paul --

Section II: Organization and evolution of the immune system -- Lymphoid tissues and organs / Eitan M. Akirav, Shan Liao, and Nancy H. Ruddle -- Evolution of the immune system / Martin F. Flajnik and Louis Du Pasquier --

Section III: Immunoglobulins and B lymphocytes -- Immunoglobulins: structure and function / Harry W. Schroeder, Jr., David Wald, and Neil S. Greenspan -- Antigen-antibody interactions and monoclonal antibodies / Jay A. Berzofsky, Ira J. Berkower, and Suzanne L. Epstein -- Immunoglobulins: molecular genetics / Edward Max -- B lymphocyte development and biology / Richard R. Hardy -- B lymphocyte signaling mechanisms and activation / Anthony L. DeFranco -- B lymphocyte biology / Michael McHeyzer-Williams --

Section IV: T lymphocytes -- T cell antigen receptors / Mark M. Davis and Yueh-Hsiu Chien -- T lymphocyte signaling mechanisms and activation / Gary A. Koretzky -- Development of T cells / Ellen V. Rothenberg and Mary A. Yui -- Peripheral T lymphocyte responses and function / Steven L. Reiner --

Section V: The intersection of innate and adaptive immunity -- The innate immune system / Ruslan Medzhitov -- Dendritic cells / Muriel Moser -- Natural killer cells / Wayne M. Yokoyama -- NKT cells and other innatelike T and B lineages / Albert Bendelac -- Macrophages and phagocytosis / Siamon Gordon -- Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules: structure, function, and genetics / David H. Margulies ... [et al.] -- Cell biology of antigen processing and presentation / Lélia Delamarre and Ira Mellman --

Section VI: Regulation and effector functions of the immune response -- Immunogenicity and antigen structure / Jay A. Berzofsky and Ira J. Berkower -- Fc receptors and their role in immune regulation and inflammation / Jeffrey V. Ravetch and Falk Nimmerjahn -- Type I cytokines and interferons and their receptors / Warren J. Leonard -- Interleukin- 1 family of ligands and receptors / Charles A. Dinarello -- TNF-related cytokines in immunity / Carl F. Ware -- Chemokines / Philip M. Murphy -- Programmed cell death / Nicolas Bidère, Helen C. Su, and Michael J. Lenardo -- Immunologic memory / Stephen P. Schoenberger and Shane Crotty -- Immunologic tolerance / Ronald H. Schwartz -- Regulatory/suppressor T cells / Ethan M. Shevach -- The mucosal immune system / Hiroshi Kiyono ... [et al.] -- Neural immune interactions / Jeanette I. Webster Marketon and Esther M. Sternberg -- Complement / Cornelia Speth ... [et al.] -- Cytotoxic T lymphocytes / R. Chris Bleackley --

Section VII: Immunity to infectious agents -- The immune response to parasites / David L. Sacks ... [et al.] -- Immunity to viruses / Hildegund Ertl -- Immune responses to intracellular bacteria / Eric Pamer -- Immunity to extracellular bacteria / Jeffrey N. Weiser and Moon H. Nahm -- Immunology of HIV infection / Norman L. Letvin -- Vaccines / G.J.V. Nossal --

Section VIII: Immunologic mechanisms in disease -- Systemic autoimmunity / Betty Diamond -- Organ-specific autoimmunity / Matthias G. von Herrath and Dirk Homann -- Immunological mechanisms of allergic disease / Marsha Wills-Karp -- Transplantation immunology / Megan Sykes, Kathryn Wood, and David H. Sachs -- Tumor immunology / Nicholas P. Restifo, Paul F. Robbins, and Steven A. Rosenberg -- Primary immunodeficiency diseases / Rebecca H. Buckley.