Principles of Immunology

Author: Zhou Guangyan
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: Immunology is a forefront field in the development of life sciences and one of the supporting disciplines of basic and clinical medicine. Under the integration of multiple disciplines such as molecular biology, cell biology, and genetics, immunology has been advancing rapidly, demonstrating close relevance to the occurrence, diagnosis, and treatment of clinical diseases, as well as a strong connection with the development and industrialization of biotechnology. This book is a graduate-level immunology teaching text, jointly compiled by renowned immunology experts and professors from Shanghai Second Medical University and the Shanghai Institute of Immunology, with approval from the Shanghai Academic Degrees Committee. The book consists of three parts—Immune System, Immune Response, and Immunopathology—with a total of 17 chapters. It emphasizes both fundamental knowledge and cutting-edge progress, introducing new insights and reflecting emerging fields while presenting basic concepts. This approach highlights the deeper, more up-to-date, and more focused characteristics of graduate-level textbooks. The book is also universal, systematic, and comprehensive, making it an advanced textbook and reference book that reflects the development level of immunology in the 20th century. It is suitable for use by faculty and students of universities and colleges, medical professionals, researchers, as well as biologists and veterinarians in animal science and veterinary medicine for reference.