Parham Reading List (3rd Edition)
In addition to the following text sections, there are some figures presented during the lectures where you may find it useful to read the figure legend and the relevant text material pertaining to that figure. The Reading List in PDF is part of the syllabus.
| Topic | Chapter(s) and Page #'s |
|---|---|
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1) Immune system: Overview Innate and acquired immunity |
Chapter 1, p 1-26 |
| 2) Innate Immune Responses | Chapter 2, p 31-67 |
| 3) Adaptive Immunity | Chapter 3, p 71-91 |
| 4) Antibodies: structure and diversity | Chapter 4, p 95-121 |
| 5) T cell recognition of processed Antigen | Chapter 5, p 125-145 |
| 6) Antigen-presentation by MHC proteins | Chapter 5, p 145-155 |
| 7) Development of T cells and B cells |
Chapter 6, p 159-184 Chapter 7, p 187-206 |
| 8) T cell mediated immunity | Chapter 8, p 211-245 |
| 9) Immunity mediated by antibodies | Chapter 9, p 249-286 |
| 10) Defenses against infection | Chapter 10, p 289-326 |
| 11) Failures of immune defenses | Chapter 11, p 329-361 |
| 12) Hypersensitivities (allergy and asthma) | Chapter 12, 365-398 |
| 13) Autoimmune Diseases | Chapter 13, p 403-434 |
| 14) Immunotherapeutics (Vaccination, transplantation, cancer therapies) | Chapter 14, p 437-452 Chapter 15, 455-485 Chapter 16, p 489-505 |