TY - BOOK AU - Clark,William R. TI - In defense of self: how the immune system really works SN - 9780195311266 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - - - PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Immunology KW - Immunity KW - Immunologic diseases KW - Immune System KW - physiology KW - physiopathology KW - Immunotherapy N1 - Oxford scholarship online Business and Management; Includes index; What is an immune system? -- Antibodies -- How do antibodies work? -- T cells: the second arm of adaptive immunity -- The immune response to infectious disease: all out war! -- When the immune system is the problem, and not the solution: microbial immunopatholgoy -- Vaccines: how they work, why sometimes they don't, and what we can do about it --When the walls come tumbling down: HIV/AIDS -- When the walls come tumbling down: primary immune deficiencies -- When the immune system is the problem, and not the solution: hypersensitivity and allergy -- The immune system and cancer -- Autoimmunity -- Organ transplantation -- First defense: the immune system and bioterrorism; License restrictions may limit access UR - http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195336634.001.0001/acprof-9780195336634?rskey=khDWFM&result=44 UR - http://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195336634.001.0001 ER -