Principles of Mucosal Immunology

Name: Principles of Mucosal Immunology
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780367348946
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Principles of Mucosal Immunology is a respected graduate-level textbook offering comprehensive and accessible coverage of both the basic and clinical aspects of the mucosal immune system. It covers major mucosal barriers including the gastrointestinal, respiratory, ocular, and genitourinary systems. Written by internationally-recognised experts, the book explores the development and structure of the mucosal immune system, host-microbe interactions, infection, mucosal diseases, and vaccines. This second edition is fully updated with the latest clinical research findings.
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This book is ideal for graduate students, researchers, and clinicians specializing in immunology, infectious diseases, and related biomedical fields who seek a thorough understanding of mucosal immune mechanisms and their clinical implications.

This respected graduate-level textbook provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the basic and clinical aspects of the mucosal immune system, addressing the major components of the mucosal barrier ̶ gastrointestinal, upper and lower respiratory, ocular, and genitourinary mucosal immune systems ̶ in a highly user-friendly style.

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This respected graduate-level textbook provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the basic and clinical aspects of the mucosal immune system, addressing the major components of the mucosal barrier—gastrointestinal, upper and lower respiratory, ocular, and genitourinary mucosal immune systems—in a highly user-friendly style.

The editors of and contributors to Principles of Mucosal Immunology, all internationally-recognised leaders, present the current principles, concepts, and basic processes involved in mucosal immunology, mucosal diseases, and host defence at mucosal surfaces.

Topics discussed include the development and structure of the mucosal immune system and its cellular constituents, host-microbe relationships, infection, mucosal diseases, and vaccines.

The second edition has been carefully updated throughout to reflect the latest developments from clinical research, and key literature has been fully updated.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367348946

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 May 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 32 Tables, color; 174 Line drawings, color; 51 Halftones, color; 225 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Phillip Smith
Edited by Richard Blumberg
Edited by Thomas MacDonald
Edited by Society for Mucosal Immunology

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 453g

Pages: 614

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About the Author

The Society for Mucosal Immunology advances research and education related to the field of mucosal immunology. Phillip D. Smith, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and The Mary J Bradford Professor of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama. Thomas T. MacDonald, PhD, FRCPath, FMedSci, is Dean for Research and Professor of Immunology, Centre for Immunology and Infectious Disease, at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London. Richard S. Blumberg, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.