Introductory Immunology ― Basic Concepts for Interdisciplinary Applications

Introductory Immunology: Basic Concepts for Interdisciplinary Applications, Second Edition is a completely updated, revised and expanded concise, conceptual approach to understanding the immune systems as a primary defense to maintain health and homeostasis. The goals of this book is to appreciate the components of the human immune systems that work together to confer protection against pathogenic invaders and to develop an immune-based knowledge foundation to understand immune dysregulation that causes diseases. It also creates understanding to the basis for clinical test and immune therapeutics important to identify and treat disease states.

There remains a kernel of knowledge critical to permit a deep understanding of how immune functions allow homeostasis in health, and how proper function protects against pathogenic disease states. Certainly, the knowledge in biological function underlying immune mechanisms is growing at a tremendous pace. The update serve to strengthen that foundation required to understand a placement of immune function within clinical practice, and allow a basic platform to define therapeutic treatments.

• Creates appreciation for the components of the human immune system that work together to confer life-long protection
• Provides core knowledge in immunology to build a foundation to explore mechanisms involved in clinical disease
• Breaks down all of immunology concepts into manageable, logically digestible building blocks
• Geared toward readers without medical, biochemical, or cellular expertise
• Including a glossary that provides functional definitions of complex terms