Contents
1.Overview of Immune System.
• Historical Perspective Innate Immunity
• Adaptive Immunity
• Comparative Immunity
• Immune Dysfunction and Its Consequences
2. Cells and Organs of Immune System.
• Hematopoiesis
• Cells of the Immune System
• Organs of the Immune System
• Systemic Function of the Immune System
• Lymphoid Cells and Organs—Evolutionary Comparisons
3. Antigens.
• Immunogenicity Versus Antigenicity
• Factors That Influence Immunogenicity
• Epitopes
• Haptens and the Study of Antigenicity
• Pattern-Recognition Receptors
4. Antibodies: Structure and Function.
• Basic Structure of Antibodies
• Obstacles to Antibody Sequencing
• Immunoglobulin Fine Structure
• Antibody-Mediated Effector Functions
• Antibody Classes and Biological Activities
• Antigenic Determinants on Immunoglobulins
• The B-Cell Receptor
• The Immunoglobulin Superfamily
• Monoclonal Antibodies
5. Organisation & Expression of Immunoglobulin genes.
• Genetic Model Compatible with Ig Structure
• Multigene Organization of Ig Genes
• Variable-Region Gene Rearrangements
• Mechanism of Variable-Region DNA
• Rearrangements
• Generation of Antibody Diversity
• Class Switching among Constant-Region Genes
• Expression of Ig Genes
• Synthesis, Assembly, and Secretion of
• Immunoglobulins
• Regulation of Ig-Gene Transcription
• Antibody Genes and Antibody Engineering
6. Antigen-Antibody Interactions: Principle & Applications.
• Strength of Antigen-Antibody Interactions
• Cross-Reactivity
• Precipitation Reactions
• Agglutination Reactions
• Radioimmunoassay
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Western Blotting
• Immunoprecipitation
• Immunofluorescence
• Flow Cytometry and Fluorescence
• Alternatives to Antigen-Antibody Reactions
• Immunoelectron Microscopy
7. Major Histocompatibility Complex.
• General Organization and Inheritance of the MHC
• MHC Molecules and Genes
• Detailed Genomic Map of MHC Genes
• Cellular Distribution of MHC Molecules
• Regulation of MHC Expression
• MHC and Immune Responsiveness
• MHC and Disease Susceptibility
8. Antigen processing & presentation.
• Self-MHC Restriction of T Cells
• Role of Antigen-Presenting Cells
• Evidence for Two Processing and Presentation
• Pathways
• Endogenous Antigens: The Cytosolic Pathway
• Exogenous Antigens: The Endocytic Pathway
• Presentation of Nonpeptide Antigens
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9. T Cell receptors.
• Early Studies of the T-Cell Receptor
• αβ and αβ T-Cell Receptors: Structure and Roles
• Organization and Rearrangement of TCR Genes
• T-Cell Receptor Complex: TCR-CD3
• T-Cell Accessory Membrane Molecules
• Three-Dimensional Structures of TCR-Peptide-
• MHC Complexes
• Alloreactivity of T Cells
10. T Cell Maturation, Activation & Differentiation.
• T-Cell Maturation and the Thymus
• Thymic Selection of the T-Cell Repertoire
• TH-Cell Activation
• T-Cell Differentiation
• Cell Death and T-Cell Populations
• Peripheral γδ T-Cells
11. T Cell Generation, Activation & Differentiation.
• B-Cell Maturation
• B-Cell Activation and Proliferation
• The Humoral Response
• In Vivo Sites for Induction of Humoral Responses
• Germinal Centers and Antigen-Induced B-Cell
• Differentiation
• Regulation of B-Cell Development
• Regulation of the Immune Effector Response
12. Cytokines.
• Properties of Cytokines
• Cytokine Receptors
• Cytokine Antagonists
• Cytokine Secretion by TH1 and TH2 Subsets
• Cytokine-Related Diseases
• Therapeutic Uses of Cytokines and Their Receptors
• Cytokines in Hematopoiesis
13. The Complement System.
• The Functions of Complement
• The Complement Components
• Complement Activation
• Regulation of the Complement System
• Biological Consequences of Complement Activation
• Complement Deficiencies
14. Cell mediated effector responce.
• Effector Responses
• General Properties of Effector T Cells
• Cytotoxic T Cells
• Natural Killer Cells
• Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity
• Experimental Assessment of Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity
15. Leucocyte Migration & Inflammation.
• Lymphocyte Recirculation
• Cell-Adhesion Molecules
• Neutrophil Extravasation
• Lymphocyte Extravasation
• Chemokines—Key Mediators of Inflammation
• Other Mediators of Inflammation
• The Inflammatory Process
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
16. Hypersensitive Reaction.
• Gell and Coombs Classification
• IgE-Mediated (Type I) Hypersensitivity
• Antibody-Mediated Cytotoxic (Type II)
• Hypersensitivity
• Immune Complex–Mediated (Type III)
• Hypersensitivity
• Type IV or Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity (DTH)
17. Immune Response to Infectious Diseases.
• Viral Infections
• Bacterial Infections
• Protozoan Diseases
• Diseases Caused by Parasitic Worms (Helminths)
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
18. Vaccines.
• Active and Passive Immunization
• Designing Vaccines for Active Immunization
• Whole-Organism Vaccines
• Purified Macromolecules as Vaccines
• Recombinant-Vector Vaccines
• DNA Vaccines
• Multivalent Subunit Vaccines
19. AIDS and Other Immunodeficiencies.
• Primary Immunodeficiencies
• AIDS and Other Acquired or Secondary Immunodeficiencies
20. Autoimmunity.
• Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases
• Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
• Animal Models for Autoimmune Diseases
• Evidence Implicating the CD4+ T Cell, MHC, and TCR in Autoimmunity
• Proposed Mechanisms for Induction of Autoimmunity
• Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
21. Transplantation Immunology.
• Immunologic Basis of Graft Rejection
• Clinical Manifestations of Graft Rejection
• General Immunosuppressive Therapy
• Specific Immunosuppressive Therapy
• Immune Tolerance to Allografts
• Clinical Transplantation
22. Cancer and the Immune System.
• Cancer: Origin and Terminology
• Malignant Transformation of Cells
• Oncogenes and Cancer Induction
• Tumors of the Immune System
• Tumor Antigens
• Immune Response to Tumors
• Tumor Evasion of the Immune System
• Cancer Immunotherapy
23. Experimental Systems.
• Experimental Animal Models
• Cell-Culture Systems
• Protein Biochemistry
• Recombinant DNA Technology
• Analysis of DNA Regulatory Sequences
• Gene Transfer into Mammalian Cells
• Microarrays—An Approach for Analyzing Patterns
• of Gene Expression
