The Logic of Immunity

Deciphering an Enigma

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781421447650

Title: The Logic of Immunity
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By Bobby Joseph Cherayil
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208

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Preface

Chapter 1. Conceptualizing the Immune Response

Chapter 2. Innate Immunity I: The Rapid Response Team

Chapter 3. Innate Immunity II: Sensing Infection

Chapter 4. Adaptive Immunity: Strength in Diversity

Chapter 5. B Lymphocytes: Antibodies "R" Us

Chapter 6. T Lymphocytes: A Little Help for My Friends

Chapter 7. Immune Dysfunction: When Things Go Wrong

Chapter 8. Conditioning of the Immune System by the Microbiota

Chapter 9. Remembrances of Things Past Haunt the Present

Chapter 10. Harnessing the Function of the Immune System

Chapter 11. Vaccination: The Power of Prevention

Chapter 12. "To Follow Knowledge Like a Sinking Star"

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Glossary

References

Index


B. J. Cherayil, MD (LEXINGTON, MA), is a physician-scientist who conducts research on the immune system as a principal investigator in the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, where he codirects two immunology courses and is a member of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology faculty.


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