Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease

Janeway, Charles A.,Travers, Paul,Walport MA PhD FRCP FRCPath FMedSci, Mark,Shlomchik, Mark

ISBN 10: 0443070989 / ISBN 13: 9780443070983

Published by Churchill Livingstone, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0443070989
• ISBN 13: 9780443070983
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The central thesis of this book is that the immune system exists to protect the host from infection and that its evolutionary history was shaped by this challenge. Other aspects of immunology are variations on the basic protective function. The first part of the book summarizes the basic immunological concepts and introduces the main 'players'. The middle three parts deal with the main aspects of adaptive immunity. The last part integrates the material at the level of the complete organism in both health and disease.

About the Author

Charles A. Janeway, Jr. is on the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine. He is Professor of Immunology and an Investigator of The Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Paul Travers is the Deputy Director of the Anthony Nolan Research Institute, London. Mark Walport is Professor of Medicine, Head of the Division of Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, London. Mark Shlomchik is on the faculty at Yale University School of Medicine, where he is Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Immunobiology. He is also the Associate Director of the Blood Bank at Yale-New Haven Hospital.