The Paradox of the Immune System: Protection, Inflammation, Autoimmune Disease and Beyond provides a provocative approach to immunology as a "double-edged sword." While it is our greatest protector, it is also the cause of chronic inflammation that leads to autoimmune disease, cancer and infectious diseases like COVID-19. Sections cover the basic science of immunology and its intimate genetic associations, biomedical hypotheses asserting immunology as the basis of all human diseases, and elaborate on immunology as "the enemy within us." This engaging, original approach to a science so personal provides new and invaluable understanding on the bioscience that controls our lives.
1. The Paradox of the Immune System - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. List of Figures - p. Page vi 8. List of Tables - p. Page vii 9. Louis J. Catania, O.D., F.A.A.O., D.Sc. (Hon.) - p. Page viii 10. Preface - p. Page viii 11. Acknowledgements - p. Page xii 12. Three reasons to understand the immune system - p. Page xiv 13. List of Illustrations - p. Page xv 14. List of Tables - p. Page xvi 15. Section 1 Our friendly immune system - p. Page xvi 16. 1 : The innate (aka “natural”) immune system and immunity - p. Page 2 17. 2 : The adaptive (aka “acquired”) immune system: from friend to foe - p. Page 23 18. 3 : Genetics and genomics - p. Page 42 19. Section 2 The enemy within us - p. Page 66 20. 4 : Chronic inflammation: “Enemy #1” - p. Page 70 21. 5 : Autoimmune disease: when self becomes the villain - p. Page 92 22. 6 : Cancer: immunology's cruelest enemy and greatest challenge - p. Page 146 23. 7 : Immunology: The science of pandemics, infectious disease and COVID-19 - p. Page 177 24. Epilogue - p. Page 220 25. Glossary - p. Page 227 26. Index - p. Page 247
The Paradox of the Immune System: Protection, Inflammation, Autoimmune Disease and Beyond provides a provocative approach to immunology as a "double-edged sword." While it is our greatest protector, it is also the cause of chronic inflammation that leads to autoimmune disease, cancer and infectious diseases like COVID-19. Sections cover the basic science of immunology and its intimate genetic associations, biomedical hypotheses asserting immunology as the basis of all human diseases, and elaborate on immunology as "the enemy within us." This engaging, original approach to a science so personal provides new and invaluable understanding on the bioscience that controls our lives.
1. The Paradox of the Immune System - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. List of Figures - p. Page vi 8. List of Tables - p. Page vii 9. Louis J. Catania, O.D., F.A.A.O., D.Sc. (Hon.) - p. Page viii 10. Preface - p. Page viii 11. Acknowledgements - p. Page xii 12. Three reasons to understand the immune system - p. Page xiv 13. List of Illustrations - p. Page xv 14. List of Tables - p. Page xvi 15. Section 1 Our friendly immune system - p. Page xvi 16. 1 : The innate (aka “natural”) immune system and immunity - p. Page 2 17. 2 : The adaptive (aka “acquired”) immune system: from friend to foe - p. Page 23 18. 3 : Genetics and genomics - p. Page 42 19. Section 2 The enemy within us - p. Page 66 20. 4 : Chronic inflammation: “Enemy #1” - p. Page 70 21. 5 : Autoimmune disease: when self becomes the villain - p. Page 92 22. 6 : Cancer: immunology's cruelest enemy and greatest challenge - p. Page 146 23. 7 : Immunology: The science of pandemics, infectious disease and COVID-19 - p. Page 177 24. Epilogue - p. Page 220 25. Glossary - p. Page 227 26. Index - p. Page 247
