Primer to the Immune Response

Cover13; -- Primer to the Immune Response Academic Cell Update Edition -- Copyright -- Preface -- Preface to the Immunomovie -- Biographies -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Basic Immunology -- Chapter 1: Introduction to theImmune Response -- A. Historical Orientation -- B. The Nature of the Immune Response -- C. Types of Immune Responses: Innate and Adaptive -- D. Interplay between the Innate and Adaptive Responses -- E. Clinical Immunology -- Chapter 2: Components of theImmune System -- A. Cells of the Immune System -- B. How Leukocytes Communicate -- C. Lymphoid Tissues -- D. Cellular Movement in the Immune System -- Chapter 3: Innate Immunity -- A. Non-Induced Innate Mechanisms -- B. Induced Innate Mechanisms -- Chapter 4: The B Cell Receptor -- A. Immunoglobulin Proteins -- B. Immunoglobulin Genes -- C. Antigen8211;Antibody Interaction -- Chapter 5: B Cell Development,Activation andEffector Functions -- A. B Cell Development:Maturation Phase -- B. B Cell Development: Differentiation Phase -- C. Effector Functions of Antibodies -- D. Immunoglobulin Isotypes in Biological Context -- Chapter 6: The Major Histocompatibility Complex -- A. Overview of the Major Histocompatibility Complex -- B. MHC Class I and Class II Proteins -- C. MHC Class I and Class II Genes -- D. Physiology of the MHC -- Chapter 7: Antigen Processingand Presentation -- A. Overview of Antigen Processingand Presentation -- B. Exogenous Antigen Processing -- C. Endogenous Antigen Processing -- D. Cross-Presentation on MHC Class I -- E. Other Methods of AntigenPresentation -- Chapter 8: The T Cell Receptor -- A. TCR Proteins and Associated Molecules -- B. TCR Genes -- C. TCR8211;Antigen Interaction -- Chapter 9: T Cell Development Activation and Effector Functions -- A. T Cell Development -- B. T Cell Activation -- C. Th Cell Differentiation and Effector Function -- D. Tc Cell Differentiation and Effector Function -- F. Memory T Cells -- Chapter 10: Regulation of Immune Responses in the Periphery -- A. Self Tolerance of Lymphocytes in the Periphery -- B. Control of Lymphocyte Responses in the Periphery -- C. Special Tolerance Situations -- D. Experimental Tolerance -- Chapter 11: NK, gammadelta T and NKT Cells -- A. Natural Killer (NK) Cells -- B. gammadelta T Cells -- C. NKT Cells -- Chapter 12: Mucosal and Cutaneous Immunity -- A. Mucosal Immunity -- B. Cutaneous Immunity -- Part II: Clinical Immunology -- Chapter 13: Immunity to Infection -- A. The Nature of Pathogensand Disease -- B. Innate Defense against Pathogens -- C. Immunity to Extracellular Bacteria -- D. Immunity to Intracellular Bacteria -- E. Immunity to Viruses -- F. Immunity to Parasites -- G. Immunity to Fungi -- H. Prions -- Chapter 14: Vaccination -- A. Vaccine Design -- B. Types of Vaccines -- C. Adjuvants and Delivery Vehicles -- D. Prophylactic Vaccines -- E. The 8220;Dark Side8221; of Vaccines -- F. Passive Immunization -- G. Future Directions -- Chapter 15: HIV and AcquiredImmunodefi ciencySyndrome -- A. What Is HIV? -- B. HIV Infection and AIDS -- C. Immune Responses during HIV Infection -- D. Host Factors Infl uencing the Courseof HIV Infection -- E. Animal Models of AIDS -- F. HIV Vaccines -- G. Treatment of HIV Infection with Anti-Retroviral Drug