1. The Defense of the Body 2. Innate Immunity: The Recognition of Invaders 3. Innate Immunity: Proinflammatory and Antimicrobial Mediators 4. Innate Immunity: Neutrophils and Phagocytosis 5. Innate Immunity: Macrophages and Recovery from Inflammation 6. Systemic Responses to Inflammation 7. Innate Immunity: The Complement System 8. Cell Signaling: Cytokines and Their Receptors 9. Antigens: Triggers of Adaptive Immunity 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 Antigen 15. B Cells and Their Response to Antigen 16. Antibodies: Soluble Antigen Receptors 17. How Antigen-Binding Receptors are made 18. T-Cell Function and the Destruction of Cell-Associated Invaders 19. The Third Lymphocyte Population: Natural Killer Cells 20. Regulation of Adaptive Immunity 21. Immunity in the Fetus and Newborn 22. Immunity at Body Surfaces 23. Vaccines and Their Production 24. The Use of Vaccines 25. Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi 26. Immunity to Viruses 27. Immunity to Parasites 28. Type I Hypersensitivity 29. Red Cell Antigens and Type II Hypersensitivity 30. Immune Complexes and Type III Hypersensitivity 31. Type IV Hypersensitivity: Delayed Hypersensitivity 32. Organ Graft Rejection 33. Resistance to Tumors 34. Autoimmunity: General Principles 35. Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases 36. The Systemic Immunological Diseases 37. Primary Immunodeficiencies 38. Secondary Immunological Defects 39. Drugs and Other Agents That Affect the Immune System 40. The Evolution of the Immune System 41. Immunodiagnostic Techniques Appendix 1: Annotated List Of Selected CD Molecules Appendix 2: Some Selected Cytokines Glossary Index