Step I Comprehensive Immunology Resource

[MedicineMan99]

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I am having trouble getting the big, comprehensive, accurate picture of how B cells, T cells, cytokines, immunoglobulins, etc. interact. If you have FA 2009, I want a picture that somehow combines that on page 195 and 196. In FA, the information is too choppy for me to comprehend well.
I have also tried Goljan, Kaplan Board Review book to no avail. Does anyone know where I can find a great diagram or perhaps some helpful animations/movies?

Thanks very much.

 

[pseudoknot]

How the Immune System Works is a fantastic and readable conceptual overview, and for more detail the best review is the Levinson Micro book, which has 80 awesome pages on immunology.

 

[Erina]

i personally love this book: http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Immunol...=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239923511&sr=1-3

super easy to read

 

[MedicineMan99]

Thanks very much for the suggestions. I am really looking for a great PDF file or website or media link, something very concise and board relevant on the interaction between B cells, T cells, etc. Those text books look great but at this point I don't have enough time to read text books. Thanks!

 

[ZonaRidicularis]

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[njshibby]

I second the Levinson even if you don't have a lot of time, B and T cell interaction is like 3 pages there and it really puts everything together for me and it's been a while since immuno.

 

[Lespedeza]

I second the Levinson even if you don't have a lot of time, B and T cell interaction is like 3 pages there and it really puts everything together for me and it's been a while since immuno.

A third vote for Levinson. I was able to read through it and notate FA in a morning's worth of work. It's a clear and well-written read.

 

[AllUpOnYoMama]

Levinson is THE BEST for immuno hands down. It really really makes immuno an easy read. Immuno was one of my weakest subjects until Levinson.

 

[njshibby]

I just took the CBSE and there were 3 questions I would not have gotten if I hadn't read levinson

 

[Cliff Huxtable]

Are the questions stricty immuno questions or based on immuno diseases and clinical vignettes?

 

[W19]

Bumping this thread...


Anyone has other suggestions about resources for immuno... I just ordered Levinson... I am getting slaughtered right now. I need some help!

 

[Jabbed]

Bumping this thread...


Anyone has other suggestions about resources for immuno... I just ordered Levinson... I am getting slaughtered right now. I need some help!

I think I recall recommending this to you or to someone else in a similar situation a few weeks ago: How the Immune System Works by Lauren Sompayrac

Quick read, highly rated.

The Immuno sections of Lange Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology are also quite good, but I would go with Sompayrac initially.

 

[W19]

I think I recall recommending this to you or to someone else in a similar situation a few weeks ago: How the Immune System Works by Lauren Sompayrac

Quick read, highly rated.

The Immuno sections of Lange Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology are also quite good, but I would go with Sompayrac initially.

I already got Sompayrac and read the first 7 chapters, but I need another book to add some details. I just had my first exam and it was big on detail and not the big picture

 

[Transposony]

If you need more details then Roitt's Essential Immunology or Kuby Immunology is the way to go.