Description
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.