The T-Cell Receptors

by Tak W. Mak

Book Overview

The importance of thymus-dependent cells, or T cells, in the generation of a successful immune response was first realized in the early sixties. In the follow- ing two decades, a succession of elegant experiments established the antigen specificity of T cells and their ability to perform both as regulatory and effector cells. T cells were shown to be essential in most immune reactions, playing a crucial role in augmenting the activity of effector...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468454080
• ISBN13: 9781468454086
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"