Chapter 1 Introduction

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF IMMUNOLOGY

HISTORY OF IMMUNOLOGY

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 2 Antigen

DEFINITION

EPITOPES

CLASSIFICATION OF ANTIGENS BASED ON IMMUN RESPONSE

DETERMINANTS OF IMMUNOGENICITY

ANTIGEN RECEPTORS

ANTIGENIC SPECIFICITY

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 3 Antigen Recognition Molecules

ANTIBODIES-IMMUNOGLOBULINS

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 4 The Complement System

COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION

REGULATION OF THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM

BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION

DEFECTS IN THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 5 Organs and Tissues of the Immune System

LYMPHOID ORGANS

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 6 Immune Cells

LYMPHOCYTES

PHAGOCYTIC CELLS

DENDRITIC CELLS

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 7 Immune Response

ANTIGEN PROCESSING AND PRESENTATION

ACTIVATION OF HELPER T LYMPHOCYTES

HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE(HUMORAL IMMUNITY)

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESPONSE

FACTORS INFLUENCING ANTIBODY PRODUCTION

CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE(CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY)

CYTOKINES

THEORIES OF IMMUNE RESPONSE

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 8 Immunological Tolerance

CENTRAL T CELL TOLERANCE TO SELF-ANTIGENS

PERIPHERAL T CELL TOLERANCE TO SELF-ANTIGENS

B CELL TOLERANCE TO SELF-ANTIGENS

ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED TOLERANCE IN VIVO

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 9 Hypersensitivity

DEFINITION

GELL AND COOMBS CLASSIFICATION

IMMEDIATE TYPE I HYPERSENSITIVITY

TYPE Ⅱ HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION(ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY)

TYPE Ⅲ HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION(IMMUNE COMPLEX-MEDIATED)

TYPE Ⅳ CELL-MEDIATED (DELAYED)HYPERSENSITIVITY

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 10 Autoimmuni

PROBABLE MECHANISMS OF AUTOIMMUNITY

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 11 Immunodeficiency Disorders

PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCIES

SECONDARY(ACQUIRED)IMMUNODEFICIENCIES

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 12 Tumor Immunology

CANCER:ORIGIN

TUMOR ANTIGENS

CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 13 Transplantation Immunology

GRAFT REJECTION

FACTORS FAVORINGALLOGRAFT SURVIVAL

MECHANISM INVOLVED IN GRAFT REJECTION

TEMPO OF REJECTION

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 14 Immunological Techniques

STAGES OF ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY INTERACTIONS

MEASUREMENT OF ANTIGEN AND ANTIBODY

PRECIPITATIONREACTIONS

AGGLUTINATION REACTION

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND HYBRIDOMA TECHNIQUE

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 15 Immunoprophylaxis ＆ Immunotherapy

IMMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS

IMMUNOTHERAPY

STUDY QUESTIONS

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Chapter 16 Immunity in Viral,Bacterial,Fungal,and Parasitic Infections

IMMUNITY IN VIRALINFECTIONS

IMMUNITY IN BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

IMMUNITY IN FUNGAL INFECTIONS

IMMUNITY IN PARASITIC INFECTIONS

STUDY QUESTIONS

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