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Immunology
Immunology is the study of the structuree and function of the immune system which is responsible for the protection from invading foreign macromolecules or organisms. It is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in organisms. It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in both healthy states and immunological disorders (autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, immune deficiency, transplant rejection); the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo.
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neutralize
Biology; Immunology
Antibodies that can inhibit the infectivity of a virus or the toxicity of a toxin molecule are said to neutralize them. Such antibodies are known as neutralizing antibodies and the process of ...
autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Biology; Immunology
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a pathological condition with low levels of red blood cells (anemia), which is caused by autoantibodies that bind red blood cell surface antigens and target the red ...
monoclonal antibodies
Biology; Immunology
Monoclonal antibodies are produced by a single clone of B lymphocytes. Monoclonal antibodies are usually produced by making hybrid antibody-forming cells from a fusion of nonsecreting myeloma cells ...
human leukocyte antigen DM (HLA-DM)
Biology; Immunology
The invariant HLA-DM molecule in humans is involved in loading peptides onto MHC class II molecules. It is encoded in the MHC within a set of genes resembling MHC class II genes. A homologous protein ...
toll-like receptors
Biology; Immunology
All members of the Toll family of receptors so far discovered have been homologous to the original Toll in Drosophila. They have been named Toll-like receptors (TLR) followed by a number, as in ...
chromosomal translocations
Biology; Immunology
Most lymphoid tumors, and many other tumors, bear chromosomal translocations that mark points of breakage and rejoining of different chromosomes. These chromosomal breaks are particularly frequent in ...
Bloom’s syndrome
Biology; Immunology
Bloom’s syndrome is a disease characterized by low T-cell numbers, reduced antibody levels, and an increased susceptibility to respiratory infections, cancer, and radiation damage. It is caused by ...
