Immunology primer for neurosurgeons and neurologists part I: Basic principles of immunology

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Blaylock, Russell L ^a  

^a Belhaven College   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; cell mediated immunity; cytokines; innate immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASOPHIL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EOSINOPHIL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MONOCYTE; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROSURGEON; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 84875139027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.106564     Document Type: Review

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