Cellular and molecular immunology / Abul K. Abbas, MBBS, Distinguished Professor in Pathology, Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Andrew H. Lichtman, MD, PhD, Professor of pathology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Shiv Pillai, MBBS, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts ; illustrations by David L. Baker, MA, Alexandra Baker, MS, CMI, DNA illustrations, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Properties and overview of immune responses -- Cells and tissues of the immune system -- Leukocyte circulation and migration into tissues -- Innate immunity -- Antibodies and antigens -- Major histocompatibility complex molecules and antigen presentation to T lymphocytes -- Immune receptors and signal transduction -- Lymphocyte development and antigen receptor gene rearrangement -- Activation of T lymphocytes -- Development and functions of CD4+ effector T cells -- Development and functions of CD8+ effector T cells -- B cell activation and antibody production -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity -- Specialized immunity at epithelial barriers and in immune privileged tissues -- Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity -- Immunity to microbes -- Transplantation immunology -- Immunity to tumors -- Hypersensitivity disorders -- IgE-dependent immune responses and atopic disease -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies.