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Biology

A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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Hodgkin’s disease

Biology; Immunology

Hodgkin’s disease is an immune system tumor characterized by large cells called Reed-Sternberg cells, which derive from mutated B-lineage cells. It exists in at least two polar ...

systemic lupus erythematosus

Biology; Immunology

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which autoantibodies against DNA, RNA, and proteins associated with nucleic acids form immune complexes that damage ...

recombination activating gene (RAG-1)

Biology; Immunology

The recombination activating genes RAG-1 and RAG-2 encode the proteins RAG-1 and RAG-2, which are critical to receptor gene rearrangement. Mice lacking either of these genes ...

staphylococcal enterotoxins

Biology; Immunology

Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) cause food poisoning and also stimulate many T cells by binding to MHC class II molecules and the Vb domain of certain T-cell receptors; the ...

TH3 cell

Biology; Immunology

The term TH3 cell has been used to describe unique cells that produce mainly transforming growth factor-β in response to antigen; they develop predominantly in the mucosal immune ...

mitogen-activated protein kinases

Biology; Immunology

Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAP kinases) are kinases that become phosphorylated and activated on cellular stimulation by a variety of ligands, and lead to new gene ...

multiple myeloma

Biology; Immunology

Multiple myeloma is a tumor of plasma cells, almost always first detected as multiple foci in bone marrow. Myeloma cells produce a monoclonal immunoglobulin, called a myeloma ...