Pathophysiology of the immune system. Tutorial

The book is a detailed consideration of the role of the immune system in pathology. The history of immunology through the eyes of the pathophysiologist, the mechanisms of the immune response and its regulation, the general pathophysiology of the infectious process and the features of the immune response in various infectious diseases, etiology, pathogenesis, the principles of modeling and clinical pathophysiology of allergic, autoallergic. immunodeficiency diseases. The central idea of ​​the book is the author’s concept of authorship and physiological autoimmunite. The line between the latter and autoallergia is carried out. Much attention is paid to the pathology of lymphoid tissue, including lymphocytosis and lymphopenia, lymphadenitis, lymphadenopathy, non-plastic diseases of lymphocytes and antigen-representative cells. The foundations of oncoimmunology, as well as the immunopathophysiology of the developing organism, including immunoherontology, are outlined.
The publication is interdisciplinary in nature, is intended for students studying general and clinical immunology, allergology and pathophysiology, as well as for postgraduate learning for doctors and improving biologists in adjacent medical fields. The publication will be useful in studying the appropriate aspects of internal diseases, oncology, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and geriatrics. A feature of the book is the large explanatory dictionary of immunological and immunopathological terms included in it and the biographical directory of outstanding immunologists. The publication is richly illustrated (50 drawings) and contains 22 tables that facilitate the perception of the material. Bibliography includes 452 sources