References
Recommended Reading:
For all aspects of the immune system, the following text is recommended:
Janeway, C.A., Travers, P., Walport, M. and Shlomchik, M. (2004). Immunobiology, the Immune System in Health and Disease 6th Edition Churchill Livingstone, ISBN: 0443073104.
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References:
Specific references for each section:
1.
Introduction
1.
Burnet, F. M. (1957) A modification of Jerne’s theory of antibody production
using the concept of clonal selection. Australian Journal of Science 20, 67-69
Burnet, F. M. (1959) The Clonal Selection Theory of Acquired Immunity.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Frosdyke,
D. R. (1995) The origins of Clonal Selection Theory of Immunity. A Case Study
for the Evaluation of science. FASEB Journal 9: 164-6
2.
The Enemy
2. http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/224/Malaria.html
Madiagan,
M.T., Martinko, J.M. and Parker, J. (1997) Brock Biology of Microorganisms 8th
Edition Prentice Hall International, London. ISBN: 0-13-571225-4
Cann,
A.J. (1997) Principals of Molecular Virology 2nd Edition Academic Press, London.
ISBN: 0-12-158532-8
3.
The Home Team
Janeway,
C.A., Travers, P., Walport, M. and Shlomchik, M. (2004). Immunobiology, the
Immune System in Health and Disease 5th Edition Churchill
Livingstone, ISBN: 0-4430-7098-9.
http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/mbchb/2a.html
4.
Innate Immunity
Janeway,
C.A., Travers, P., Walport, M. and Shlomchik, M. (2004). Immunobiology, the
Immune System in Health and Disease 5th Edition Churchill
Livingstone, ISBN: 0-4430-7098-9.
5.
Fighting Bacterial Infections:
a)
Phagocytes
Andrew,
P.W. (1998-9) Undergraduate Lecture series, University of Leicester
Lewis,
C.E. and McGee, J. O’D. (1992) The Macrophage: The Natural Immune System. Oxford
University Press. ISBN 0199632340
Abramson,
J.S. and Wheeler, J.G. (1993) The Neutrophil: Natural Immune System. Oxford
University Press. ISBN: 0199633738
b)
Antibodies and B Lymphocytes
Janeway,
C.A., Travers, P., Walport, M. and Shlomchik, M. (2004). Immunobiology, the
Immune System in Health and Disease 5th Edition Churchill
Livingstone, ISBN: 0-4430-7098-9.
Hewitt,
C. (1999) Undergraduate lecture series. University of Leicester.
Goodenow,
C.C. et al (1995) Self tolerance checkpoints in B cell development. Advanced
Immunology 59: 279-368
Winkler,
T. and Rolnik, A.G. (1994) Roles of the Ig H-chain and L-chain and of surrogate
H-chain and L-chain in the development of cells of the B-lymphocyte lineage. Annual
Review of Immunology 12: 209-25
c)
Complement
Andrew,
P.W. (1998-9) Undergraduate lecture series, University of Leicester
Frank,
M.M. and Fries L.F. (1991) The role of complement in inflammation and
phagocytosis. Immunology Today 12: 322-6
Tomlinson,
S. (1993) Complement defense mechanisms. Current Opinions in Immunology 5:
83-9
6.
Fighting Viral Infections:
a)
The Major Histocompatibility Complex
Morrison,
L.A., Lukacher, A.E., Braciale, V.L., Fan, D.P. and Braciale, T.J. (1986)
Differences in antigen presentation to MHC class I- and MHC Class II-restricted
influenza virus-specific cytolytic T-lymphocyte clones. Journal of
Experimental Medicine. 163: 903
Klein,
J. Satta, Y. O’Huigin, C. (1993) The molecular descent of the major
histocompatibility complex. Annual Review of Immunology 11: 269-95
b)
Cytotoxic T-cells
Nossal,
F.J.V. (1994) Negative selection of lymphocytes. Cell 76: 229-39
Von
Boehmenr, H. (1994) Positive selection of lymphocytes. Cell 76: 219-38
Henkart,
P.A. (1994) Lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicology: two pathways and multiple effector
molecules. Immunity 1: 343-6
c)
Natural Killer Cells
Vales-Gomez,
M., Reyburn, H. and Strp,omher, J. (2000) Molecular analysis of the
interactions between human NK receptors and their HLA ligands. Human Immunology
61: 28-38
Cann,
A.J. (1997) Principals of Molecular Virology 2nd Edition Academic Press, London.
ISBN: 0-12-158532-8
7.
T Helper Cells and HIV
1.
UNAIDS (2004), 2004 report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic 4th
global report. ISBN 92 9173 355 5 http://www.unaids.org/bangkok2004/GAR2004_html/GAR2004_00_en.htm
Cann,
A.J. (1997) Principals of Molecular Virology 2nd Edition Academic Press, London.
ISBN: 0-12-158532-8
Mosmann,
T.R. et al. (1989) Th1 and Th2 cells: different patterns of lymphokine
secretion lead to different functional properties. Annual Review of
Immunology. 7: 145-73
8.
Leukaemia and Lymphoma
Janeway,
C.A., Travers, P., Walport, M. and Shlomchik, M. (2004). Immunobiology, the
Immune System in Health and Disease 5th Edition Churchill
Livingstone, ISBN: 0-4430-7098-9.
Monoclonal Antibody Technology
Kohler, G. and Milstein, C. (1975). Continuous cultures of fused cells secreting antibody of predefined specificity Nature 256: 495-7
Vaccination
Cann, A.J. (1997) Principals
of Molecular Virology 2nd
Edition Academic Press, London. ISBN: 0-12-158532-8
http://www.immunisation.nhs.uk
Rhesus Disease
http://www.rcog.org.uk/press_releases.asp?PageID=944&PressReleaseID=33