Examines the workings of a complex structure, the body's defense against disease and infection.
It contains animations and videos with voiceover narration, as well as the figures from the text for presentation purposes.
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This text emphasizes the human immune system and presents concepts with a balanced level of detail to describe how the immune system works.
How the Immune System Works is not a comprehensive textbook. It’s the book thousands of students have used to help them understand what’s in their big, thick, immunology texts.
Other PAMP-recognizing proteins, like the mannan-binding lectin, are also released into the general circulation and tag bacteria just like antibodies and complement fragments do. The result is the same: the tagged bacteria are ...
Without it, you would die within days. In Immune, Philipp Dettmer, the brains behind the most popular science channel on YouTube, takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses.
The book contains color illustrations and charts; and the included CD-ROM contains dozens of video clips, animations, molecular structures, and high-resolution micrographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.
class I molecules – and how do Th cells know to scan APCs for peptides presented by class II? ... Importantly, CD4 co-receptors will only “clip onto” class II MHC molecules, and CD8 co-receptors will only match with class I MHC ...
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This book offers a new approach in the study of cytokines by combining detailed guidebook-style cytokine description, disease linking, and presentation of immunologic roles.