Atlas of Immunology. From Antigen Recognition to Immunotherapy

ATLAS OF IMMUNOLOGY. FROM DETECTION OF DANGER TO IMMUNOTHERAPY. 78 summary cards with illustrations. More than 300 tables, diagrams, and color photographs. Over the last fifty years, the main concepts of immunology have undergone significant evolution: from immunology, mainly based on the discrimination of 'self' and 'non-self', to the recognition of danger initiated by innate immune cells, allowing the activation of adaptive immunity to multiple antigens. This new paradigm has forced immunologists to reconsider their views on the immune response to infections and tumors, as well as to study the mechanisms of various diseases in light of these new concepts. New forms of immunotherapy have also been proposed. CONTENT: - Immunology: concepts in constant evolution. - The immune system and the fight against infectious pathologies. - Induction of effector mechanisms. - Pathologies of the immune system. 'The book you are currently holding is very useful and timely. Immunology is a science that has made enormous strides over the last century. I believe that similarly decisive successes will be possible in the coming years - especially at the intersection of immunology, microbiology, and medicine. I recommend that young and less young people read this book carefully and remember the need to explain the impressive achievements of our discipline to their relatives and many friends in a simple yet not primitive way, trying to engage them in this field of knowledge. And, above all, to make them understand that vaccination alone has saved about one and a half billion human lives.' - French immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology and Medicine, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences JULES OHMAN