Title Page Table of Contents Copyright Dedication Preface Acknowledgments 1. Surviving in a Microbial World 2. Innate Immunity 3. Humoral Innate Immunity 4. Humoral Innate Immunity 5. Cellular Innate Immunity 6. Cellular Innate Immunity 7. Sickness 8. How Immune Cells Communicate 9. Antigens 10. Dendritic Cells and Antigen Processing 11. The Major Histocompatibility Complex 12. Organs of the Immune System 13. Lymphocytes 14. Helper T Cells and Their Response to Antigens 15. B Cells and Their Response to Antigens 16. Antibodies 17. How Antigen-Binding Receptors Are Made 18. T Cells and the Destruction of Cell-Associated Invaders 19. Innate Lymphoid Cells 20. Regulation of Adaptive Immunity 21. The Microbiota and the Immune System 22. Immunity at Body Surfaces 23. Immunity in the Fetus and Newborn 24. Vaccines and Their Production 25. The Use of Vaccines 26. Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi 27. Immunity to Viruses 28. Immunity to Parasites 29. Mast Cell and Eosinophil-Mediated Hypersensitivity 30. Allergic Diseases 31. Red Cell Antigens and Antibody-Mediated Hypersensitivity 32. Immune Complexes and Neutrophil-Mediated Hypersensitivity 33. T Cell–Mediated Hypersensitivity 34. Organ Graft Rejection and Pregnancy 35. Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy 36. Autoimmunity 37. Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases 38. Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases 39. Primary Immunodeficiencies 40. Secondary Immunological Defects 41. Drugs and Other Agents That Affect the Immune System 42. Immunodiagnostic Techniques 43. Evolution of the Immune System Appendix 1 Annotated List of Selected CD Molecules Appendix 2 Some Selected Cytokines Appendix 3 Some Important Abbreviations Glossary Index Greek Letters