List of basic immunology topics

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Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with, among other things, the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders (autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, etc.); the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo. Immunology has various applications in several disciplines of science, and as such is further divided.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to immunology:

Contents 1 Essence of immunology 2 Branches of immunology 3 History of immunology 4 The immune system attacks and protects against 5 Components of the immune system 5.1 Subsystems of the immune system 5.1.1    Adaptive immune system 5.1.2    Innate immune system 5.1.3    Organs of the immune system 5.1.4    Tissues of the immune system 5.2 Cells of the immune system 5.3 Immunological biomolecules 6 Immune system disorders 7 Immune system health maintenance 7.1 Optimum immune system health 7.1.1 Exercise and the immune system 7.1.2 Nutrition and the immune system 7.2 Immunological medicine 7.2.1    Immunological treatments 8 Immunologists 9 Immunology lists 10 See also 11 External links

[edit] Essence of immunology

Main article: Immunology

• Branch of Biomedical science
• Immune system
• Immunity

[edit] Branches of immunology

• Classical immunology
• Clinical immunology
• Computational immunology
• Diagnostic immunology
• Evolutionary immunology
• Immunotherapy
• Systems immunology

• Cancer immunology
• Testicular immunology

[edit] History of immunology

Main article: History of immunology

• Timeline of immunology

[edit] The immune system attacks and protects against

• Pathogens
  • Pathogenic bacteria
  • Viruses
  • Fungi
  • Protozoa
    • Balantidium coli - the only ciliated protozoan to infect humans.
    • Giardia lamblia - the most common intestinal protozoan in the United States.
    • Trichomonas vaginalis
    • Naegleria fowleri facultative parasite causing amoebic meningitis
    • Entamoeba histolytica causes Amebiasis, common in developing countries
    • Kinetoplastid protists of the Trypanosoma and Leishmania genera (sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and leishmania
    • Apicomplexan parasites including "Plasmodium" (malaria), "Toxoplasma" (toxoplasmosis), and "Cryptosporidia" (cryptosporidiosis)
• Parasites
• Tumors
• Allergens

[edit] Components of the immune system

Main article: Immune system

[edit] Subsystems of the immune system

[edit]    Adaptive immune system

Main article: Adaptive immune system

[edit]    Innate immune system

Main article: Innate immune system

• Complement system
  • Biochemical cascade
  • Complement membrane attack complex
• Surface barriers - Physical or chemical barriers that prevent infection (i.e. skin, tears, mucus, saliva, Gastric acid, etc.)
  • Antimicrobial peptides
  • Defensins
  • Lysozyme
• Inflammation

[edit]    Organs of the immune system

• Thymus
• Bones - White blood cells (leukocytes) are produced in bone marrow
• Spleen - Rich in B and T lymphocytes.

[edit]    Tissues of the immune system

• Bone marrow
• White pulp

[edit] Cells of the immune system

• White blood cells (leukocytes)
  • Granulocytes
    • Neutrophil granulocytes (neutrophils)
    • Eosinophil granulocytes (eosinophils)
    • Basophil granulocytes
  • Lymphocytes
    • B cells
      • Plasma B cells
      • Memory B cells
      • B-1 cells
      • B-2 cells (the conventional B cells most texts refer to)
    • Natural killer cells (NK cells)
    • T cells
      • Helper T cells
      • Cytotoxic T cells
      • Memory T cells
      • Regulatory T cells
      • Natural Killer T cells
      • γδ T cells
• Cells of the innate immune system
  • Mast cells
  • Phagocytes
  • Macrophages

[edit] Immunological biomolecules

• Antibodies
• Antigen
• Superantigen
• Histamines
• Cytolysins

[edit] Immune system disorders

• Hypersensitivity
  • Allergy (immune system disorder)
    • Allergen
• Autoimmunity
• Immunodeficiency
  • Primary immunodeficiency
• Transplant rejection

[edit] Immune system health maintenance

[edit] Optimum immune system health

• Prevention

[edit] Exercise and the immune system

[edit] Nutrition and the immune system

[edit] Immunological medicine

[edit]    Immunological treatments

• Immunosuppressive drug
• Vaccine
• Vaccination

[edit] Immunologists

Main article: List of immunologists

[edit] Immunology lists

Main article: List of immunology topics

• List of autoimmune diseases
• List of immunologists
• List of viruses

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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• BMC: Immunology- BioMed Central:Immunology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles.
• Nature Reviews Immunology (journal home)
• Janeway's Immunobiology textbook Searchable free online version at the National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Overview at Medical College of Georgia
• MUGEN NoE murine models for immunological disease
• Transplantation Immunology Interesting web site made by the faculty of medicine of the University of Geneva dealing with the immunological issues linked with the transplantation of materials genetically different between donor and recipient (hematopoietical stem cells, organs or the transfusion of blood).
• Online lectures in immunology University of South Carolina
• BRT-Burleson Research TechnologiesTests the effects of pharmaceuticals in the developmental stage on the immune system.

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