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The splendid reception of the first and second editions of this book convinced both the authors and the publisher to prepare a third edition. The 11 years since this atlas first appeared have witnessed an exponential increase in immunological information emanating from more than 130 journals devoted to the subject. The Journal of Immunology is published twice monthly in an effort to accommodate an ever-increasing demand for immunological information among researchers spanning all fields of biomedicine. Besides the unprecedented advances in knowledge of cell receptors and signal transduction pathways, an avalanche of new information has been gleaned from contemporary research concerning cytokines and chemokines, with special reference to their structure and function. This edition has not only been thoroughly updated but also contains two new chapters, Immunophenotyping of Hematopoietic Malignancies, and Immunomodulators.
The Atlas of Immunology is designed to provide a pictorial reference and serve as a primary resource as the most up-to-date and thorough illustrated treatise available in the complex science of immunology. The book contains more than 1300 illustrations and depicts essentially every concept of importance in understanding immunology. It is addressed to immunologists and nonimmunologists alike, including students, researchers, practitioners, and basic biomedical scientists. Use of the book does not require prior expertise. Some of the diagrams illustrate basic concepts, while others are designed for the specialist interested in a more detailed treatment of the subject matter of immunology. The group of illustrations is relatively complete and eliminates the need
to refer to another source. The subject matter ranges from photographs of historical figures to molecular structures of recently characterized cell receptors, chemokines and cytokines, the major histocompatibility complex molecules, immunoglobulins, hematopoietic cells in leukemia, and molecules of related interest to immunologists.
The subject matter is divided into chapters that follow an outline which correlates with standard immunology textbooks. This provides for a logical and sequential presentation and gives the reader ready access to each part of the subject matter as it relates to the other parts of the publication. These descriptive illustrations provide the reader with a concise and thorough understanding of basic immunological concepts that often intersect the purview of other basic and clinical scientific disciplines. A host of new illustrations, such as cellular adhesions molecules, is presented in a manner that facilitates better understanding of their role in intercellular and immune reactions and immunophenotyping of hematopoietic malignancies. Figures that are pertinent to all of the immunological subspecialties, such as transplantation, autoimmunity, immunophysiology, immu-nopathology, antigen presentation, the T cell receptor, and flow cytometric diagnosis of leukemia and lymphoma, to name a few, may be found in this publication. Those individuals with a need for ready access to a visual image of immunological information will want this book to be readily available on their bookshelf. No other publication provides the breadth or detail of illustrated immunological concepts that may be found in the Atlas of Immunology, Third Edition.
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