Immunology is the first and only true textbook written by professors who teach the undergraduate course. It presents the most current concepts in an experimental context with clinical advances highlighted in boxes, supported by the kind of helpful pedagogical tools that other books do not provide.

PART I: INTRODUCTION
Overview of the Immune System: A Case Study
Innate Immunity
Adaptive Immunity in the Context of Cells and Organs
PART II: GENERATION OF B-CELL AND T-CELL RECEPTORS
Antigens
Antibodies: Organization and Expression of Immunoglobulin Genes
The Complement System
Antigen-Antibody Reactions and Immunoassays
The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Antigen Presentation
T-Cell Receptor
T-Cell Generation
T-Cell Activation
B-Cell Generation, Activation and Differentiation
PART III: IMMUNE EFFECTOR MECHANISMS
Cytokines and Chemokines
The Complement System
Cell-Mediated Effector Responses
Leukocyte Activation and Migration
Hypersensitive Reactions
PART IV: THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Immunity to Viruses and Bacteria
Immunity to Fungi and Parasites
Vaccines
Immunodeficiency and AIDS
Cancer and the Immune System
Tolerance and Autoimmunity
Transplantation Immunology
Experimental Systems

THOMAS J. KINDT, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, USA.

BARBARA A. OSBORNE, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.

RICHARD GOLDSBY, Amherst College, USA.