Roitt's Essential Immunology, Tenth Edition (Essentials) - Softcover

Roitt, Ivan M.; Delves, Peter J.

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9780632059027: Roitt's Essential Immunology, Tenth Edition (Essentials)

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ISBN 10: 0632059028 ISBN 13: 9780632059027

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

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Roitt's Essential Immunology has established itself as the book of choice for students of immunology worldwide. This excellent textbook is commonly regarded as 'the best of the immunology primers' and the tenth edition remains at the cutting edge of this fascinating area of science.

The trademark of this book is its highly readable introduction to the subject, its emphasis on core knowledge and its excellent four-color artwork. On the tenth edition, Ivan Roitt is joined by Peter Delves, a brilliant teacher from University College London. Together they have extensively updated all aspects of the book to produce a new edition, which will be an invaluable resource to students of immunology and medicine.

The tenth edition focuses on:

dendritic cells
intraepithelial lymphocytes
NKT and gd T-cells
NK receptors
non-classical MHC presentation of non-peptidic antigens
analysis of TCR-peptide-MHC interactions
gene 'knockouts' and 'knockins'
cell signaling pathways
chemokines and their receptors
intimate links between innate and adaptive immunity
regulatory T-cells
Fcg receptors
activation-induced cell death
signaling through pattern recognition systems
prions
DNA vaccines
mucosal adjuvants
molecular understanding of immunodeficiency
CCR5 co-receptor for HIV
therapeutic benefit of monoclonal anti-IgE in allergy
the excessive hygiene hypothesis
induction of antigen-specific tolerance for transplantation
heat-shock proteins in tumor immunity and autoimmunity
peptide priming of dendritic cells for immunotherapy
thymic expression of organ-specific autoantigens

Roitt's Essential Immunology is supported by a web site at www.roitt.com This useful on-line resource contains self-assessment material, future updates, further reading and an image archive.

New edition of a best-selling textbook - known internationally by both students & faculty.
Completely updated throughout.
Greater emphasis on core knowledge & ease of use.
Supported by a free on-line www.roitt.com companion containing updates, images and self-assessment material.

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Review:

"The book is ordered in clear sections - with a nice logical progression from the basics and antigen recognition at the beginning, to clinical immunology at the end. This is very useful and important, especially for a subject like immunology in which it is easy to lose sight of the central principles if they are lost in a confusing web of clinical examples. Nice pictures, clear text, good section in techniques - another winner."

Murmur - Cambridge University Medical School Gazette

On previous editions:

"Overall, Essential Immunology is the best of the immunology primers. It clearly outdistances other textbooks in this area by its scope, its organisation, its clarity, and its ability to convey a carefully balanced and up-to-date view of immunology. The medical student who first comes on the mysteries of immunology here, as well as the seasoned immunologist, will find it an adventure and joy to read." The New England Journal of Medicine

"Medical practitioners of all ages and persuasions find Ivan Roitt's book a lifeline to prevent drowning in an ocean of immunological jargon." The British Medical Journal

"This is an extremely comprehensive and clear introduction to the world of immunology. It is well organised and is backed up by colourful diagrams." Snakes Alive, The Journal of the Queens University Belfast Medical & Dental School

"It is a very attractive, clear, contemporary textbook and should be a great success with undergraduate students. I can confidently say that I will be referring to this text in my next round of Immunology lectures." Lecturer at the University of Sunderland, Immunology News

Published Reviews of the 10th Edition

".the book has been extensively updated, revised and amended so that it contains a huge range of cutting edge topics in inmunology. This makes this book one of the most comprehensive texts on the market as there is little of note that is missing."

GKT Gazette, Medical & Dental Schools, April 2003

"This excellent textbook is commonly regarded as "the best of the inmunology primers" and the Tenth Edition will ensure that the text remains at the cutting edge of this fascinating area of science.

.an invaluable resource to students of immunology and medicine."

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Inmunology, 2002

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