The Immune System
A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN:
9780198936589
Publication date:
24/10/2025
Paperback
176 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198936589
Publication date:
24/10/2025
Paperback
176 pages
Part of Very Short Introductions
Second Edition Edition
Paul Klenerman
- Gives a succinct account of the evolution of innate and adaptive immunity, and how they operate, primarily in humans but also drawing on examples in other animals
- Considers the consequences of too little immunity (immunodeficiency), caused for example by HIV/AIDS, and too much, leading to autoimmune and allergic diseases
- Discusses some of the important recent advances in harnessing the immune system for immunotherapies, for example in the treatment of cancers
- Addresses what we learned about the immune system from the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has influenced thinking about future pandemics
- Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over ten million copies sold worldwide
New to this Edition:
- Addresses what we learned about the immune system from the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has influenced thinking about future pandemics
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Second Edition Edition
Paul Klenerman
Description
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The immune system is central to human health. Growing understanding of the immune system, and especially the creation of immune memory (which results in long lasting protection), have led to major breakthroughs in medicine and the design of vaccines.
In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Klenerman describes the immune system, and how it works in health and disease. He considers how the immune system evolved, the basic rules that govern its behaviour, and the major health threats where it is important. Paul Klenerman also explains how things can go wrong when there is too little or too much immunity. The book also addresses what we learned about the immune system from the COVID-19 pandemic and how that has influenced thinking about future pandemics.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Paul Klenerman is the Sidney Truelove Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Oxford.
Second Edition Edition
Paul Klenerman
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
1:What is the immune system?
2:First responders: the innate immune response
3:Adaptive immunity: a voyage of (non-)self-discovery
4:Making memories
5:Too little immunity: immunological failure
6:Too much immunity: auto-immunity and allergic diseases
7:Immunology taught by COVID-19
Further reading
Second Edition Edition
Paul Klenerman
Description
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The immune system is central to human health. Growing understanding of the immune system, and especially the creation of immune memory (which results in long lasting protection), have led to major breakthroughs in medicine and the design of vaccines.
In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Klenerman describes the immune system, and how it works in health and disease. He considers how the immune system evolved, the basic rules that govern its behaviour, and the major health threats where it is important. Paul Klenerman also explains how things can go wrong when there is too little or too much immunity. The book also addresses what we learned about the immune system from the COVID-19 pandemic and how that has influenced thinking about future pandemics.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Paul Klenerman is the Sidney Truelove Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Oxford.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
1:What is the immune system?
2:First responders: the innate immune response
3:Adaptive immunity: a voyage of (non-)self-discovery
4:Making memories
5:Too little immunity: immunological failure
6:Too much immunity: auto-immunity and allergic diseases
7:Immunology taught by COVID-19
Further reading
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Oxford Handbook of Orthopaedics & Trauma
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Ninety-Nine Lessons in Critical Thinking
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Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia
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John Reynard, Simon F. Brewster, Suzanne Biers, Naomi Laura Neal
Jim Cassidy, Donald Bissett, Roy A. J. Spence OBE, Miranda Payne, Gareth Morris-Stiff
Paula Murphy, Peter Lachman, and Bradley Hillier
Oxford Desk Reference: Critical Care
Carl Waldmann, Andrew Rhodes, Neil Soni, Jonathan Handy
Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics
Joan Webster-Gandy, Angela Madden & Michelle Holdsworth
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