Immunology

Immunology, 10th Edition, authored by David Male, R. Stokes Peebles, Jr., and Victoria Male, is a medical textbook that links basic biological principles directly with clinical practice. The volume structures laboratory science and clinical observations across six functional sections, providing medical students with a structured framework for understanding host defense systems in physiological health and disease.

The thematic coverage encompasses innate immunity, adaptive immune responses, defense against infectious pathogens, immunodeficiencies, tissue-specific immune reactions, and hypersensitivity types. Detailed chapters analyze immune system cells, tissues, and organs, mononuclear phagocyte function, complement pathways, T-cell receptors, major histocompatibility complex molecules, antigen presentation, cell-mediated cytotoxicity, B-cell development, antibody generation, immunological tolerance, and immune response regulation.

Selected for inclusion in the 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Immunology, this publication supports medical science students and medical undergraduates throughout their academic coursework as well as their preparation for professional licensing examinations.