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Sessions/Tracks

Track 1. Immune System

The Immune system is made up of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to defend against germs. The role of the immune system is to protect against disease or other potentially damaging foreign bodies. It also protects the host from a group of pathogenic microbes that are themselves constantly evolving. The immune system helps the host to eradicate toxic or allergenic substances that enter through mucosal surfaces. Central to the immune systems ability to mobilize a response to an invading pathogen, toxin or allergen is its ability to distinguish self from non-self. Both innate and adaptive mechanisms is used by the host to detect and eliminate pathogenic microbes.

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Europe: European Federation for Immunogenetics; Spanish Society of Immunology; British Society of Immunology; The British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; European Academy Of Allergy & Clinical Immunology; Society for Mucosal Immunology; Irish Society of Immunology; Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology

Asia Pacific & Middle East: Indian Immunology Society; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; South African Immunology Society; Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Israel Immunological Society; Iranian Society for Immunology; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka

USA: The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; The American association of Immunologist; American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology

Track 2. Microbiology and Cellular Immunology

Microbiology refers to all living organisms that are too small to be visible with the naked eye. This includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, archaea, prions, protozoa and algae, collectively known as 'microbes'. These microbes play key roles in nutrient cycling, biodegradation, climate change, food spoilage, the cause and control of disease, and biotechnology.

Cellular immunologyincludes the activities of cells in experimental or clinical situations. It concerns with interactions among cells and molecules of the immune system, and how such interactions contribute the recognition and elimination of pathogens. It focuses on the topics likeImmunologic deficiency states and their reconstitution Antigen receptor sitesAutoimmunity, Delayed-type hypersensitivity or cellular immunity, Transplantation immunology, Immunologic surveillance and tumor immunity,Immunomodulation, Lymphocytes and cytokines, Immunotherapy, Resistance to intracellular microbial and viral infection,Parasite immunology, Thymus and lymphocyte immunobiology.

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Europe : Spanish Society of Immunology; British Society of Immunology; The British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; Society for Mucosal Immunology; Irish Society of Immunology; Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology; European Federation for Immunogenetics; European Academy Of Allergy & Clinical Immunology

Asia Pacific & Middle East : Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Indian Immunology Society; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; South African Immunology Society; Israel Immunological Society; Iranian Society for Immunology; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka

USA : The American association of Immunologist; The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology

Track 3. Autoimmunity and Inflammation

The term autoimmunity refers to a failure of the bodys immune system to identify its own cells and tissues as self. Instead, immune responses are launched against these cells and tissues as if they were foreign or invading bodies. Inflammationis a process by which the body's whiteblood cellsand substances they produce protect us from infection with foreign organisms, such as bacteria and viruses. Multiplesclerosis, the most common nerve disease in young adults, is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the nervous system that is believed to be due to a misguided autoimmune attack on myelin, a protective coating on nerve cells. In multiple sclerosis, myelin is slowly eroded by the body's immune system, leading to problems with muscle coordination and vision. As the disease progresses, for some reason inflammation decreases, but lasting damage has already been done to body tissues.

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Europe : Irish Society of Immunology; Spanish Society of Immunology; British Society of Immunology; The British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; Society for Mucosal Immunology; Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology; European Federation for Immunogenetics; European Academy Of Allergy & Clinical Immunology

Asia Pacific & Middle East : South African Immunology Society; Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; Israel Immunological Society; Iranian Society for Immunology; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka; Indian Immunology Society

USA : American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; The American association of Immunologist; The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology

Track 4. Antigen processing and presentation

It is the process by which antigen-presenting cells digest proteins from inside or outside the cell and display the resulting antigenic peptide fragments on cell surface MHC molecules for recognition by T cells is central to the body's ability to identify signs of infection or abnormal cell growth. As such, understanding the processes and mechanisms of antigen processing and presentation provides us with crucial insights necessary for the design of vaccines and therapeutic strategies to bolster T-cell responses.

Multiple sclerosis, the most common nerve disease in young adults, is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the nervous system that is believed to be due to a misguided autoimmune attack on myelin, a protective coating on nerve cells. In multiple sclerosis, myelin is slowly eroded by the body's immune system, leading to problems with muscle coordination (because muscles require the action of nerves) and vision. As the disease progresses, for some reason inflammation decreases, but lasting damage has already been done to body tissues. Researchers suspect that the autoimmune trigger in multiple sclerosis may be infection by a virus or other microorganism, but this has not been proven beyond doubt.

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9thMolecular Immunology Conferences, Immunogenetics Congress, March 08-09,2018, London, UK; 3rd International Autoimmunity Conferences, November 26-27, 2018, Dublin, Ireland; 15th International Immunology Conferences 2018, July 05-07, 2018, Vienna, Austria; Annual Immunology Conferences, Sep 13-14, 2018, Zurich, Switzerland; 9th European Immunology Conferences, June 14-16, 2018, Rome, Italy; 12th International Allergy and Asthma Conferences, Clinical Immunology Conferences, Oct 1-2, 2018, Moscow, Russia; 22ndEdition of International Immunology Conferences and Infectious Diseases Conferences, May 10-11, 2018, Frankfurt, Germany

Related Societies and Associations

Europe : European Academy Of Allergy & Clinical Immunology; British Society of Immunology; Irish Society of Immunology; Spanish Society of Immunology; The British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; Society for Mucosal Immunology; Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology; European Federation for Immunogenetics;

Asia Pacific & Middle East : Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; Israel Immunological Society; Iranian Society for Immunology; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka; Indian Immunology Society; South African Immunology Society

USA : American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; The American association of Immunologist; The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology

Track 5. Clinical and Translational Immunology

Clinical immunology is defined as study of diseases and disorders that may occur as a result of weak immune system including failure, aberrant action, and malignant growth of the cellular elements of the system. It also includes diseases of other systems, where immune reactions play a part in the pathology and clinical features. Application of immunological discovery to the delivery of effective immunological solutions for the benefit of health and wellbeing is termed as translational immunology. For instance the development of vaccines against infectious diseases or the engineering of new types of drugs to treat inflammatory disorders.

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Related Societies and Associations

Europe : Irish Society of Immunology; Spanish Society of Immunology; British Society of Immunology; Society for Mucosal Immunology; European Federation for Immunogenetics; European Academy Of Allergy & Clinical Immunology; The British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology

Asia Pacific & Middle East : South African Immunology Society; Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; Israel Immunological Society; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka; Indian Immunology Society; Iranian Society for Immunology;

USA : The American association of Immunologist; The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology; American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Track 6. Immunology and Diseases

Immunology refers to physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in 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. Several approaches has been developed by the immune system to control viral and bacterial infection, which range from direct killing of pathogen to elaborating cytokines that inhibit replication. Pathogens have countered by developing a variety of immune evasion mechanisms that inhibit cytokine function and prevent immune recognition of infected cells.

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Related Societies and Associations

Europe : Irish Society of Immunology; Spanish Society of Immunology; British Society of Immunology; The British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; Society for Mucosal Immunology; Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology; European Federation for Immunogenetics; European Academy Of Allergy & Clinical Immunology

Asia Pacific & Middle East : South African Immunology Society; Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; Israel Immunological Society; Iranian Society for Immunology; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka; Indian Immunology Society

USA : American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; The American association of Immunologist; The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology

Track 7. Transplantation Immunology

Transplantimmunology is defined as the immune response that occurs when an organ or tissue is moved (grafted) from one individual to another. Transplantation is the act of transferring cells, tissues, or organs from one site to another. The malfunction of an organ system can be corrected with transplantation of an organ (eg, heart, lung, kidney, liver or pancreas) from a donor. The immune system has developed elaborate and effective mechanisms to combat foreign agents. These mechanisms are also involved in the rejection of transplanted organs, which are known as foreign by the recipient's immune system. However, the immune system remains the most formidable barrier to transplantation as a routine medical treatment.

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Europe:European Federation for Immunogenetics;Spanish Society of Immunology;British Society of Immunology;The British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics;European Academy Of Allergy & Clinical Immunology;Society for Mucosal Immunology;Irish Society of Immunology;Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology

Asia Pacific & Middle East:Indian Immunology Society;Japanese Society for Immunology;Egyptian Society of Immunology;South African Immunology Society;Chinese Society of Immunology;Singaporean Society for Immunology;Israel Immunological Society;Iranian Society for Immunology;Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka

USA:The American Association of Immunologists;Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies;The American association of Immunologist;American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology;Argentina Society of Immunology;Colombian Association of Allergy;Canadian Society of Immunology

Track 8. Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

Cancers are not just masses of malignant cells but complex rogue organs, to which many other cells are recruited and can be degraded by the transformed cells. Cancer immunology is the study of theimmune systemin the progression and development ofcancer; the most well known application iscancer immunotherapy, which utilizes the immune system as a treatment for cancer. Immunotherapyis treatment that utilizes certain parts of a persons immune system to fight diseases such as cancer. This can be done in a couple of ways: Own immune system stimulation, Biological therapy orbiotherapy. These developments incancerimmunotherapyare the result of long-term investments in basic research on the immune systemresearch that continues today.

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Track 9. Ecoimmunology and Behavioural Immunity

Ecoimmunologyis the combining aspects ofimmunologywithecology,biology,physiology, andevolution. Ecological Immunology assumes that immunological defenses must be minimized in terms of cost (energy expenditure). Studying the causes and consequences of investment in immune function, termed ecological immunology, has transformed multiple realms of biology, including behavioral ecology, disease ecology and life history evolution. Behavioural immune systemcomprises psychological processes that infer infection risk from perceptual cues, and that respond to these perceptual cues through the activation of aversive emotions, cognitions and behavioural impulses. These processes have significant implications for human social cognition and social behavior.

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Asia Pacific & Middle East : South African Immunology Society; Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; Israel Immunological Society; Iranian Society for Immunology; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka; Indian Immunology Society

USA : American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; The American association of Immunologist; The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology

Track 10. Immunogenetics

Immunogenetics is a branch of Immunobiology which is defined as subspeciality of medicine that studies the relationship between genetics and immunology. It comprises the study of normal immunological pathways and the identification of genetic variations that result in immune defects, which may result in the identification of novel therapeutic targets for immune diseases. It helps in understanding the pathogenesis of several autoimmune and infectious diseases. It comprises all processes of an organism, which are, on the one hand, controlled and influences by the genes of the organism, and are, on the other hand, significant with respect to the immunological defense reactions of the organism.

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Asia Pacific & Middle East : Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; Israel Immunological Society; Iranian Society for Immunology; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka; Indian Immunology Society; South African Immunology Society

USA : American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; The American association of Immunologist; The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology

Track 11. Neuroimmunology

Neuroimmunology is the study of the interaction between central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and immune system. Neuroimmunology contributes to development of new pharmacological treatments for several neurological conditions. Neuroinflammation and neuroimmune activation have been shown to play a role in the etiology of a variety of neurological disorders such as stroke, Parkinson's andAlzheimer'sdisease,multiple sclerosis,pain and AIDS-associateddementia. Cognitive neuroscience becomes a very major method to understand human cognition, meanwhile results can clarify functional brain organisation, such as the operations performed by a certain brain area and the system of distributed, discrete neural areas supporting a particular Psychological representation.

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Europe : Irish Society of Immunology; Spanish Society of Immunology; British Society of Immunology; Society for Mucosal Immunology; European Federation for Immunogenetics; European Academy Of Allergy & Clinical Immunology; The British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology

Asia Pacific & Middle East : South African Immunology Society; Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; Israel Immunological Society; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka; Indian Immunology Society; Iranian Society for Immunology;

USA : The American association of Immunologist; The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology; American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Track 12. Infection and Allergy

Infection refers to invasion of the body by a foreign organism. Infection ranges from mild and self-limiting (colds or most cases of food-poisoning) to life-threatening (cholera, tuberculosis). The severity of a given infection may vary according to the patient - many infections which are mild in healthy young adults may be very dangerous to babies or old people. Allergies are among the most common chronic conditions worldwide. Allergy symptoms range from making you miserable to putting you at risk for life-threatening reactions. Allergies can cause a variety of symptoms such as a runny nose, sneezing, itching,rashes, swelling, orasthma. Allergies can range from minor to severe.Anaphylaxisis a severe reaction that can be life-threatening. Doctors use skin and blood tests to diagnose allergies. These diseases includeallergic asthma, hay fever,food allergies,atopic dermatitis,andanaphylaxis. Symptoms can bered eyes, an itchy rash,sneezing, arunny nose,shortness of breath, or swelling.

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12th International Allergy and Asthma Conferences, Clinical Immunology Conferences, Oct 1-2, 2018, Moscow, Russia; Annual Immunology Conferences, Sep 13-14, 2018, Zurich, Switzerland; 9thMolecular Immunology Conferences, Immunogenetics Congress, March 08-09,2018, London, UK; 22ndEdition of International Immunology Conferences and Infectious Diseases Conferences, May 10-11, 2018, Frankfurt, Germany; 15th International Immunology Conferences 2018, July 05-07, 2018, Vienna, Austria; 9th Europian Immunology Conference, June 14-16, 2018, Rome, Italy

Related Societies and Associations

Europe : European Academy Of Allergy & Clinical Immunology; British Society of Immunology; Irish Society of Immunology; Spanish Society of Immunology; The British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; Society for Mucosal Immunology; Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology; European Federation for Immunogenetics;

Asia Pacific & Middle East : Chinese Society of Immunology; Singaporean Society for Immunology; Japanese Society for Immunology; Egyptian Society of Immunology; Israel Immunological Society; Iranian Society for Immunology; Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka; Indian Immunology Society; South African Immunology Society

USA : American Acedemy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; The American association of Immunologist; The American Association of Immunologists; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; Argentina Society of Immunology; Colombian Association of Allergy; Canadian Society of Immunology

Track 13. Immunity Vitamins

Vitamins are organic compounds that are needed in small amounts to sustain life. Most vitamins need to come from food. Antioxidants help to neutralize harmful free radicals rogue molecules that results damage to healthy cells. Researchers believe that when the balance between free radicals and antioxidants is upset, it can contribute to the risk of developing health issues. Antioxidants are the best vitamins for immune system support. A diet rich in antioxidant vitamins and nutrients can help maintain healthy immunity that help your body to fight off infection.

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15th International Immunology Conferences 2018, July 05-07, 2018, Vienna, Austria; Annual Immunology Conferences, Sep 13-14, 2018, Zurich, Switzerland; 9thMolecular Immunology Conferences, Immunogenetics Congress, March 08-09,2018, London, UK; 9th Europian Immunology Conference, June 14-16, 2018, Rome, Italy; 12th International Allergy and Asthma Conferences, Clinical Immunology Conferences, Oct 1-2, 2018, Moscow, Russia; 17th World Nutrition and Food Chemistry Congress, September13-15, London, UK; 22ndEdition of International Immunology Conferences and Infectious Diseases Conferences, May 10-11, 2018, Frankfurt, Germany

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Pulsus Groupinvites all the participants from all over the world to attend"8thWorld Congress on Immunology" (Immunology World 2019) onMarch 11-12, 2019atLondon, UK. Conference includes prompt keynote presentations, Workshops, Oral talks, Poster presentations and Exhibitions.

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We're constantly growing our expertise in Immunology so that we can continue to discover and develop innovative medicines for patients living with debilitating diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

At Genentech our research and discovery efforts into aspects of innate and adaptive immunity are applied to the understanding and treatment of autoimmune, inflammatory and fibrotic disorders. Studying how interactions between the immune system, stromal and epithelial cells, and the environment can become dysregulated in specialized tissues underlies our strategy to develop novel therapies for the treatment of autoimmune, inflammatory, and fibrotic diseases. We rely on human patient samples and biomarker data from observational and interventional clinical trials to define the pathogenic mechanisms and mechanistically distinct patient subsets underlying unmet medical needs in complex chronic diseases.

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The University of Michigan has been involved in Immunology-related research since the 1880s, but it wasn't until 1993, that a group of faculty from both basic science and clinical departments successfully obtained funding from the National Institutes of Health for an institutional T32 training grant to support students and post-doctoral fellows doing "Experimental Immunology." This T32 grant, which is still active today, was the basis for the formation of the Immunology Graduate Program founded in 1999.

The Immunology Graduate Program is an inter-departmental program comprised of faculty, students and post-doctoral fellows from many different departments within the University of Michigan Medical School, the School of Public Health, the Dental School and the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health System. We are a doctoral degree-granting program housed within the Horace Rackham graduate school. Admission to the Immunology Graduate Program occurs through the umbrella Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS).

Immunology program members are involved in a broad range of basic and translational research topics. We have laboratories conducting basic studies in antigen processing and presentation, T, B and NK cell signaling and activation as well as innate immune cell functions. In addition, we have laboratories working on a variety of immune aspects related to autoimmunity, cancer, obesity, aging, transplantation and infectious diseases. It is a good time to be an Immunologist at U of M as our president, Dr. Mark Schlissel is an Immunologist too!

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Immunology is the study of the immune system and is a very important branch of the medical and biological sciences. The immune system protects us from infection through various lines of defence. If the immune system is not functioning as it should, it can result in disease, such as autoimmunity, allergy and cancer. It is also now becoming clear that immune responses contribute to the development of many common disorders not traditionally viewed as immunologic, including metabolic, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimers.

From Edward Jenners pioneering work in the 18th Century that would ultimately lead to vaccination in its modern form (an innovation that has likely saved more lives than any other medical advance), to the many scientific breakthroughs in the 19th and 20th centuries that would lead to, amongst other things, safe organ transplantation, the identification of blood groups, and the now ubiquitous use of monoclonal antibodies throughout science and healthcare, immunology has changed the face of modern medicine. Immunological research continues to extend horizons in our understanding of how to treat significant health issues, with ongoing research efforts in immunotherapy, autoimmune diseases, and vaccines for emerging pathogens, such as Ebola. Advancing our understanding of basic immunology is essential for clinical and commercial application and has facilitated the discovery of new diagnostics and treatments to manage a wide array of diseases. In addition to the above, coupled with advancing technology, immunological research has provided critically important research techniques and tools, such as flow cytometry and antibody technology.

An immunologist is a scientist and/or clinician who specialises in immunology. Many immunologists work in a laboratory focusing on research, either in academia or private industry (e.g. in the pharmaceutical industry). Other immunologists clinical immunologists are clinicians who focus on the diagnosis and management of diseases of the immune system, such as autoimmune diseases and allergies.

For more detailed information on immunology careers, please refer to our careers section.

The immune system is a complex system of structures and processes that has evolved to protect us from disease. Molecular and cellular components make up the immune system. The function of these components is divided up into nonspecific mechanisms, those which are innate to an organism, and responsive responses, which are adaptive to specific pathogens. Fundamental or classical immunology involves studying the components that make up the innate and adaptive immune system.

Innate immunity is the first line of defence and is non-specific. That is, the responses are the same for all potential pathogens, no matter how different they may be. Innate immunity includes physical barriers (e.g. skin, saliva etc) and cells (e.g. macrophages, neutrophils, basophils, mast cells etc). These components are ready to go and protect an organism for the first few days of infection. In some cases, this is enough to clear the pathogen, but in other instances the first defence becomes overwhelmed and a second line of defence kicks in.

Adaptive immunity is the second line of defence which involves building up memory of encountered infections so can mount an enhanced response specific to the pathogen or foreign substance. Adaptive immunity involves antibodies, which generally target foreign pathogens roaming free in the bloodstream. Also involved are T cells, which are directed especially towards pathogens that have colonised cells and can directly kill infected cells or help control the antibody response.

The immune system is a highly regulated and balanced system and when the balance is disturbed, disease can result. Research in this area involves studying disease that is caused by immune system dysfunction. Much of this work has significance in the development of new therapies and treatments that can manage or cure the condition by altering the way the immune system is working or, in the case of vaccines, priming the immune system and boosting the immune reaction to specific pathogens.

Immunodeficiency disorders involve problems with the immune system that impair its ability to mount an appropriate defence. As a result, these are almost always associated with severe infections that persist, recur and/or lead to complications, making these disorders severely debilitating and even fatal. There are two types of immunodeficiency disorders: primary immunodeficiencies are typically present from birth, are generally hereditary and are relatively rare. Such an example is common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). Secondary immunodeficiencies generally develop later in life and may result following an infection, as is the case with AIDS following HIV infection.

For more information, please see our briefing on immunodeficiency.

Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system attacks the body it is meant to protect. People suffering from autoimmune diseases have a defect that makes them unable to distinguish 'self' from non-self or 'foreign' molecules. The principles of immunology have provided a wide variety of laboratory tests for the detection of autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases may be described as 'primary' autoimmune diseases, like type-1 diabetes, which may be manifested from birth or during early life; or as 'secondary' autoimmune diseases, which manifest later in life due to various factors. Rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis are thought to belong to this type of autoimmunity. Also, autoimmune diseases can be localised, such as Crohns Disease affecting the GI tract, or systemic, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

For more information, please see our briefing on autoimmune diseases.

Allergies are hypersensitivity disorders that occur when the body's immune system reacts against harmless foreign substances, resulting in damage to the body's own tissues. Almost any substance can cause allergies (an allergen), but most commonly, allergies arise after eating certain types of food, such as peanuts, or from inhaling airborne substances, such as pollen, or dust. In allergic reactions, the body believes allergens are dangerous and immediately produces substances to attack them. This causes cells of the immune system to release potent chemicals like histamine, which causes inflammation and many of the symptoms associated with allergies. Immunology strives to understand what happens to the body during an allergic response and the factors responsible for causing them. This should lead to better methods of diagnosing, preventing and controlling allergic diseases.

For more information, please see our breifing on allergies.

Asthma is a debilitating and sometimes fatal disease of the airways. It generally occurs when the immune system responds to inhaled particles from the air, and can lead to thickening of the airways in patients over time. It is a major cause of illness and is particularly prevalent in children. In some cases it has an allergic component, however in a number of cases the origin is more complex and poorly understood.

Cancer is a disease of abnormal and uncontrolled cell growth and proliferation and is defined by a set of hallmarks, one of which is the capacity for cancer cells to avoid immune destruction. With the knowledge that evasion of the immune system can contribute to cancer, researchers have turned to manipulating the immune system to defeat cancer (immunotherapy). Cancer immunotherapy seeks to stimulate the immune systems innate powers to fight cancerous tissue and has shown extraordinary promise as a new weapon in our arsenal against the disease. Other applications of immunological knowledge against cancer include the use of monoclonal antibodies (proteins that seek and directly bind to a specific target protein called an antigen. An example is Herceptin, which is a monoclonal antibody used to treat breast and stomach cancer). Moreover, a number of successful cancer vaccines have been developed, most notably the HPV vaccine.

For more information, please see our briefing on cancer immunotherapy.

Transplants involve transferring cells, tissues or organs from a donor to a recipient. The most formidable barrier to transplants is the immune systems recognition of the transplanted organs as foreign. Understanding the mechanisms and clinical features of rejection is important in determining a diagnosis, advising treatment and is critical for developing new strategies and drugs to manage transplants and limit the risk of rejection.

For more information, please see our briefing on transplant immunology.

Vaccines are agents that teach the body to recognise and defend itself against infections from harmful pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses and parasites. Vaccines provide a sneak 'preview' of a specific pathogen, which stimulates the body's immune system to prepare itself in the event that infection occurs. Vaccines contain a harmless element of the infectious agent that stimulate the immune system to mount a response, beginning with the production of antibodies. Cells responsive to the vaccine proliferate both in order to manufacture antibodies specific to the provoking agent and also to form 'memory cells'. Upon encountering the infectious agent a second time, these memory cells are quickly able to deal with the threat by producing sufficient quantities of antibody. Pathogens inside the body are eventually destroyed, thereby thwarting further infection. Several infectious diseases including smallpox, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, tuberculosis and polio are no longer a threat in Europe due to the successful application of vaccines.

For more information, please see our briefing on vaccines.

Veterinary immunology is a branch of Immunology dedicated to improving animal health. Like humans, animals also suffer from diseases caused either when organisms try to invade their body, or when their immune system does not function properly. Wild, domestic, and farm animals are commonly exposed to a whole range of dangerous bacteria, viruses and parasites, which threaten their welfare. Animal infections can have widespread effects on human working sectors, like food and agriculture. Moreover, many animal infections can be naturally transmitted across the species barrier to infect humans and vice-versa, a process termed zoonosis. For example, well-studied infections including swine and avian influenza, as well as, malaria and Lyme disease are due to transmission from animals and insects to humans. It is therefore extremely important that these types of diseases are effectively controlled. These measures not only prevent any further transmission to other animals and humans, but also reduce any potentially devastating social and economic consequences.

See theBSI briefing on Lyme disease.

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