IMMUNE BIOTECHNOLOGY

This book covers the whole immunology and immune technology of pharmaceutical aspects; it begins with the main players of immunology and covers all components of immunology such as complement, antigens, immunoglobulin's, antigen-antibody reactions and selected tests, cells involved In immune responses and antigen recognition. Chapter seven covers the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and t-cell receptors - role in immune responses. Chapter eight deals with the response to antigen: Processing and presentation MHC restriction and role of the thymus. Moreover, cell-mediated immunity, cytokines and immunoregulation, immunization, MHC: genetics and role in transplantation is discussed in this section. Tolerance and autoimmunity, hypersensitivity reactions, tumor immunology and immunodeficiency is discussed in the subsequent chapters. Finally, Hybridoma technology for production of monoclonal antibodies, vaccine technology and immunological techniques is discussed in the last three chapters.This book is written as there need of text book for the students of medical and paramedical discipline such as Pharmacy, Medicine etc., and biotechnology, biomedical, Biochemical, microbiology, biochemistry from both engineering and biology backgrounds. The main features of this book are that the coverage of various Indian Universities curriculum of the aforesaid subjects and each contains illustrations to understand the subject matter.

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