Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Prologue: Smart Immunity 1
5. Part I Our Secret Army: How Immunity Works
6. 1 Know Your Enemy and Your Friends: Microbes 13
7. 2 Strategy and Resources: The Basics of Immunity 28
8. 3 The Infantry: Complement 45
9. 4 Detecting a Threat: Immune Recognition 54
10. 5 Let Battle Commence: Inflammation 65
11. 6 A Flexible Response: Antibodies, the Holy Trinity and GOD 78
12. 7 Sergeant Majors: T Cells 95
13. 8 Intelligence Gathering: MHC Molecules 106
14. 9 Recruitment of Allies: Tolerance and Cooperation 126
15. 10 Recognising a Threat: Infectious Non-self and Danger 136
16. Part II Defence Challenges: Confronting Disease
17. 11 Civil War: Autoimmunity 151
18. 12 Collateral Damage: Hypersensitivity 173
19. 13 Occupation: Transplantation 189
20. 14 Battle Hardened: Immune Memory and Vaccination 209
21. 15 Traitors: Cancer 228
22. 16 Surrender: The Ageing Immune System 245
23. 17 Innovative Tactics: Acquiring Novel Defence Genes 259
24. 18 Differing Tactics: Comparative Immunology 270
25. 19 Flying under the Radar: Evasion of Defences 283
26. 20 Supplies: Diet and Immunity 297
27. 21 Chain of Command: Neuroimmunology 313
28. Epilogue: War or Peace 324
29. Glossary 336
30. References 344
31. Index 375