Molecular Immunology: How Science Works

This textbook aims to describe in a condensed form the essentials of  molecular immunology behind bacterial infections, the microbiome, viral  infections (such as influenza and COVID-19), organ transplantations,  autoimmunity, allergy and tumor immunology. The book emphasizes the  impact of immunology in maintaining our health and preventing disease.  Our immune system protects us not only from severe consequences of  infectious diseases and getting cancer, but is also able to harm us  severely via sepsis, cytokine storms and anaphylactic shocks. Molecular  understanding of immunology should allow the reader a more rational  handling of common diseases, most of which are associated with chronic  inflammation.