Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tissues and organs of the immune system / Isam W. Nasr, Qiang Zeng, and Fadi G. Lakkis -- Cells of the immune system / Jonathan S. Bromberg, Jason R. Lees, Tonya J. Webb, Yaozhong Ding, and Agnes M. Azimzadeh -- Soluble mediators of cell-cell communication in the immune system / Charles A. Su, William M. Baldwin III, and Robert L. Fairchild -- Costimulatory molecules / Maria-Luisa Alegre and Anita S. Chong -- Major histocompatibility complex / Raja Rajalingam, Qiuheng Zhang, J. Michael Cecka, and Elaine F. Reed -- T cells and the principles of immune responses / Jonathan S. Maltzman, Angus Thomson, and David M. Rothstein -- Ischemia and reperfusion injury / Yuan Zhai, Yoichiro Uchida, Bibo Ke, Haofeng Ji, Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski -- Immune responses to transplants / Denise J. Lo and Allan D. Kirk -- Principles of hematopoietic cell transplantation / Sung Choi and Pavan Reddy -- Therapeutic approaches to organ transplantation / Philip F. Halloran, Chatchai Kreepala, Gunilla Einecke, Alexandre Loupy, and Joana Sellars -- Organ specific features in clinical transplantation / Roslyn B. Mannon -- Transplant-related complications / Anil Chandraker and Leonardo V. Riella -- Biomarkers of allograft rejection and tolerance / Choli Hartono, Thangamani Muthukumar, and Manikkam Suthanthiran -- Emerging issues in transplantation / Rupert Oberhuber, Guangxiang Liu, Timm Heinbokel, and Stefan G. Tullius -- New frontiers and new technologies / Haval Shirwan, Yiming Huang, Kadiyala Ravindra, and Suzanne T. Ildstad -- Experimental models in discovery and translational studies / Andrew B. Adams, William H. Kitchens, Kenneth A. Newell.