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Immunology

In this subdiscipline: 1,054,535 papers

Discipline summary

Immunology is the study of the defensive response of animals to non-self, tolerance to self, and disease arising from dysfunction in these processes. As such, Immunology is a necessarily broad field at an intersection of biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, medicine, neuroscience, and organismal biology.

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  1. Regulatory T (T(Reg)) cells are essential for maintaining peripheral tolerance, preventing autoimmune diseases and limiting chronic inflammatory diseases. However, they also limit beneficial responses by suppressing sterilizing immunity and limiting…
  2. Inflammasomes are molecular platforms activated upon cellular infection or stress that trigger the maturation of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1beta to engage innate immune defenses. Strong associations between dysregulated…
  3. On activation, T cells undergo distinct developmental pathways, attaining specialized properties and effector functions. T-helper (T(H)) cells are traditionally thought to differentiate into T(H)1 and T(H)2 cell subsets. T(H)1 cells are necessary to…
  4. Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3)(+) regulatory T (T(Reg)) cells are potent mediators of dominant self tolerance in the periphery. But confusion as to the identity, stability and suppressive function of human T(Reg) cells has, to date, impeded the general…
  5. Allergic conjunctivitis from an allergen-driven T helper type 2 (Th2) response is characterized by conjunctival eosinophilic infiltration. Association between signalling through Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) and adaptive immune responses has been…
  6. The immune system is routinely exposed to dead cells during normal cell turnover, injury and infection. Mechanisms must exist to discriminate between different forms of cell death to correctly eliminate pathogens and promote healing while avoiding…

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  1. Marta Głogowska
    Ph.D. Student
    Department of Vertebrate Zoology and Human Biology, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracow