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<p><strong>Immunology</strong> 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]], [[immune deficiency]], [[allograft rejection]]); 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.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Histological examination of the immune system</span></h2>
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<p>Even before the concept of immunity (from <em>immunis</em>, Latin for &quot;exempt&quot;) was developed, numerous early physicians characterised organs that would later prove to be part of the immune system. The key organs of the immune system are thymus, spleen, bone marrow, lymph vessels, lymph nodes and secondary lymphatic tissues such as tonsils, adenoids, and skin. When health conditions warrant, immune system organs including the thymus, spleen, portions of bone marrow, lymph nodes and secondary lymphatic tissues can be surgically excised for examination while patients are still alive.</p>
            <td class="MainPageBG" style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(102,153,255) 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: rgb(102,153,255) 1px solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(102,153,255) 1px solid; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(102,153,255) 1px solid" bgcolor="#666666" colspan="2"><font size="2"><strong><font color="#ff0000" size="5">&nbsp;Immunology:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#ffffff">By </font><font color="#ffff00">Inhyuk Jung<br />
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<p>Many components of the immune system are actually cellular in nature and not associated with any specific organ but rather are embedded or circulating in various tissues located throughout the body.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Classical immunology</span></h2>
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<p>Classical immunology ties in with the fields of epidemiology and medicine. It studies the relationship between the body systems, pathogens, and immunity. The earliest written mention of immunity can be traced back to the plague of Athens in 430 BCE. Thucydides noted that people who had recovered from a previous bout of the disease could nurse the sick without contracting the illness a second time. Many other ancient societies have references to this phenomenon, but it was not until the 19th and 20th centuries before the concept developed into scientific theory.</p>
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<p>The study of the molecular and cellular components that comprise the immune system, including their function and interaction, is the central science of immunology. The immune system has been divided into a more primitive innate immune system, and acquired or adaptive immune system of vertebrates, the latter of which is further divided into humoral and cellular components.</p>
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<p>The humoral (antibody) response is defined as the interaction between antibodies and antigens. Antibodies are specific proteins released from a certain class of immune cells (B lymphocytes). Antigens are defined as anything that elicits generation of antibodies, hence they are <strong>Anti</strong>body <strong>Gen</strong>erators. Immunology itself rests on an understanding of the properties of these two biological entities. However, equally important is the cellular response, which can not only kill infected cells in its own right, but is also crucial in controlling the antibody response. Put simply, both systems are highly interdependent.</p>
            &nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;의학의 한 분야<br />
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<p>In the 21st century, immunology has broadened its horizons with much research being performed in the more specialized niches of immunology. This includes the immunological function of cells, organs and systems not normally associated with the immune system, as well as the function of the immune system outside classical models of immunity.</p>
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            &nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;제너의 종두법 연구를 선두로 하여 19세기 말부터 급속히 발달&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Clinical immunology</span></h2>
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<p>Clinical immunology is the study of diseases caused by disorders of the immune system (failure, aberrant action, and malignant growth of the cellular elements of the system). It also involves diseases of other systems, where immune reactions play a part in the pathology and clinical features.</p>
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<p>The diseases caused by disorders of the immune system fall into two broad categories: immunodeficiency, in which parts of the immune system fail to provide an adequate response (examples include chronic granulomatous disease), and autoimmunity, in which the immune system attacks its own host's body (examples include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's disease and myasthenia gravis). Other immune system disorders include different hypersensitivities, in which the system responds inappropriately to harmless compounds (asthma and allergies) or responds too intensely.</p>
            <p><font size="2"><font color="#ffffff">&nbsp; &nbsp;- 이 페이지에서는 면역학에&nbsp;대한 자세한 내용을&nbsp;소개하며</font>&nbsp;<strong><font color="#00ffff">면역,&nbsp;암&nbsp;관련&nbsp;논문, 기사</font></strong><font color="#ffffff">에 대해서도 소개한다.&nbsp;</font></font></p>
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<p>The most well-known disease that affects the immune system itself is AIDS, caused by HIV. AIDS is an immunodeficiency characterized by the lack of CD4+ (&quot;helper&quot;) T cells and macrophages, which are destroyed by HIV.</p>
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<p>Clinical immunologists also study ways to prevent transplant rejection, in which the immune system attempts to destroy allografts or xenografts.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Immunotherapy</span></h2>
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<p>The use of immune system components to treat a disease or disorder is known as immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is most commonly used in the context of the treatment of cancers together with chemotherapy (drugs) and radiotherapy (radiation). However, immunotherapy is also often used in the immunosuppressed (such as HIV patients) and people suffering from other immune deficiencies or autoimmune diseases.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Diagnostic immunology</span></h2>
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<p>The specificity of the bond between antibody and antigen has made it an excellent tool in the detection of substances in a variety of diagnostic techniques. Antibodies specific for a desired antigen can be conjugated with a radiolabel, fluorescent label, or color-forming enzyme and are used as a &quot;probe&quot; to detect it.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Evolutionary immunology</span></h2>
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<p>Study of the immune system in extant and extinct species is capable of giving us a key understanding of the evolution of species and the immune system.</p>
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<p>A development of complexity of the immune system can be seen from simple phagocytotic protection of single celled organisms, to circulating antimicrobial peptides in insects to lymphoid organs in vertebrates. Of course, like much of evolutionary observation, these physical properties are often seen from the anthropocentric aspect. It should be recognised, that every organism living today has an immune system absolutely capable of protecting it from most forms of harm; those organisms that did not adapt their immune systems to external threats are no longer around to be observed.</p>
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<p>Insects and other arthropods, while not possessing true adaptive immunity, show highly evolved systems of innate immunity, and are additionally protected from external injury (and exposure to pathogens) by their chitinous shells.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">See also</span></h2>
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     <li>immune system</li>
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    <li>autoimmunity</li>
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     <li>list of immunologists</li>
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    <li>history of immunology</li>
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    <li>serology</li>
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    <li>Immunodeficiency</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">References</span></h2>
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    <li><a class="external text" title="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Immunology" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Immunology">Wikibooks Immunology Textbook</a></li>
                        <td width="46%" bgcolor="#999999" colspan="3"><strong><font color="#ffff00" size="3">Immunology Lecture</font></strong></td>
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    <li>Goldsby RA, Kindt TK, Osborne BA and Kuby J (2003) <strong>Immunology</strong>, 5th Edition, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, New York, <a class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&amp;isbn=0716749475">ISBN 0-7167-4947-5</a></li>
                        <td width="46%" bgcolor="#999999" colspan="3"><strong><font color="#ffff00" size="3">Immunology, Cancer 관련 지식 창고</font></strong></td>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">External links</span></h2>
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                        <td width="46%" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3"><strong><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Journal&nbsp; [http://biopedia.net/index.php/Journal List]</font></strong></td>
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    <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcimmunol/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcimmunol/">BMC: Immunology</a>- <a title="BioMed Central" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioMed_Central">BioMed Central</a>:Immunology is an <a title="Open access journal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal">open access journal</a> publishing original peer-reviewed research articles.</li>
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    <li><a title="Nature Reviews Immunology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_Reviews_Immunology">Nature Reviews Immunology</a> (<a class="external text" title="http://www.nature.com/nri/index.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nature.com/nri/index.html">journal home</a>)</li>
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    <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.lib.mcg.edu/edu/esimmuno/progmenu.htm" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lib.mcg.edu/edu/esimmuno/progmenu.htm">Overview</a> at <a title="Medical College of Georgia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_College_of_Georgia">Medical College of Georgia</a> <br />
                        <td width="46%" colspan="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">[[Part 1. Introduction]]<br />
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                        [[Part 2. Generation of B-Cell, T-Cell Responses]]<br />
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                        [[Part 3. Immune Effector Mechanisms]]<br />
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[[면역학]]</p>
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                        [[Part 4. The Immune System in Health and Diseases]]</font></td>
 
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                        <td width="46%" colspan="2"><font color="#0000ff"></font>&nbsp;-&nbsp;논문 게재일<br />
 
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                        &nbsp;- 논문 제목,&nbsp;저자<br />
 
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                        &nbsp;- 다운로드</td>
 
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                        <td width="46%" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3"><font color="#ffffff" size="3"><strong>CD Antigen&nbsp;&nbsp; [http://biopedia.net/index.php/CD_Antigen List]</strong></font></td>
 
                        <td width="46%" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" color="#ffffff" size="3"><strong>Article&nbsp; [http://biopedia.net/index.php/Article List]</strong></font></td>
 
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                        <td width="46%" colspan="2"><font size="2">&nbsp;- CD 항원들의 이름, 질량, 동의어와 특성<br />
 
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                        &nbsp;- 백혈구(leukocyte) 발현<br />
 
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                        &nbsp;- 기능</font></td>
 
                        <td>[[image:CDantigen1.gif]]&nbsp;</td>
 
                        <td width="46%" colspan="2"><font color="#000000">- 기사 게재일<br />
 
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                        - 기사 제목<br />
 
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                        - 기사 매체명</font></td>
 
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                        <td width="46%" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3"><strong><font size="3"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" color="#ffffff">Cytokines&nbsp;&nbsp; [http://biopedia.net/index.php/Cytokines List]</font></font></strong></td>
 
                        <td width="46%" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3"><strong><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" color="#ffffff" size="3">Glossary&nbsp; [http://biopedia.net/index.php/Glossary List]</font></strong></td>
 
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                        &nbsp;- 근원<br />
 
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                        &nbsp;- 기능&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
 
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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, immune deficiency, allograft rejection); 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.

 

Histological examination of the immune system

Even before the concept of immunity (from immunis, Latin for "exempt") was developed, numerous early physicians characterised organs that would later prove to be part of the immune system. The key organs of the immune system are thymus, spleen, bone marrow, lymph vessels, lymph nodes and secondary lymphatic tissues such as tonsils, adenoids, and skin. When health conditions warrant, immune system organs including the thymus, spleen, portions of bone marrow, lymph nodes and secondary lymphatic tissues can be surgically excised for examination while patients are still alive.

Many components of the immune system are actually cellular in nature and not associated with any specific organ but rather are embedded or circulating in various tissues located throughout the body.

 

Classical immunology

Classical immunology ties in with the fields of epidemiology and medicine. It studies the relationship between the body systems, pathogens, and immunity. The earliest written mention of immunity can be traced back to the plague of Athens in 430 BCE. Thucydides noted that people who had recovered from a previous bout of the disease could nurse the sick without contracting the illness a second time. Many other ancient societies have references to this phenomenon, but it was not until the 19th and 20th centuries before the concept developed into scientific theory.

The study of the molecular and cellular components that comprise the immune system, including their function and interaction, is the central science of immunology. The immune system has been divided into a more primitive innate immune system, and acquired or adaptive immune system of vertebrates, the latter of which is further divided into humoral and cellular components.

The humoral (antibody) response is defined as the interaction between antibodies and antigens. Antibodies are specific proteins released from a certain class of immune cells (B lymphocytes). Antigens are defined as anything that elicits generation of antibodies, hence they are Antibody Generators. Immunology itself rests on an understanding of the properties of these two biological entities. However, equally important is the cellular response, which can not only kill infected cells in its own right, but is also crucial in controlling the antibody response. Put simply, both systems are highly interdependent.

In the 21st century, immunology has broadened its horizons with much research being performed in the more specialized niches of immunology. This includes the immunological function of cells, organs and systems not normally associated with the immune system, as well as the function of the immune system outside classical models of immunity.

 

Clinical immunology

Clinical immunology is the study of diseases caused by disorders of the immune system (failure, aberrant action, and malignant growth of the cellular elements of the system). It also involves diseases of other systems, where immune reactions play a part in the pathology and clinical features.

The diseases caused by disorders of the immune system fall into two broad categories: immunodeficiency, in which parts of the immune system fail to provide an adequate response (examples include chronic granulomatous disease), and autoimmunity, in which the immune system attacks its own host's body (examples include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's disease and myasthenia gravis). Other immune system disorders include different hypersensitivities, in which the system responds inappropriately to harmless compounds (asthma and allergies) or responds too intensely.

The most well-known disease that affects the immune system itself is AIDS, caused by HIV. AIDS is an immunodeficiency characterized by the lack of CD4+ ("helper") T cells and macrophages, which are destroyed by HIV.

Clinical immunologists also study ways to prevent transplant rejection, in which the immune system attempts to destroy allografts or xenografts.

 

Immunotherapy

The use of immune system components to treat a disease or disorder is known as immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is most commonly used in the context of the treatment of cancers together with chemotherapy (drugs) and radiotherapy (radiation). However, immunotherapy is also often used in the immunosuppressed (such as HIV patients) and people suffering from other immune deficiencies or autoimmune diseases.

 

Diagnostic immunology

The specificity of the bond between antibody and antigen has made it an excellent tool in the detection of substances in a variety of diagnostic techniques. Antibodies specific for a desired antigen can be conjugated with a radiolabel, fluorescent label, or color-forming enzyme and are used as a "probe" to detect it.

 

Evolutionary immunology

Study of the immune system in extant and extinct species is capable of giving us a key understanding of the evolution of species and the immune system.

A development of complexity of the immune system can be seen from simple phagocytotic protection of single celled organisms, to circulating antimicrobial peptides in insects to lymphoid organs in vertebrates. Of course, like much of evolutionary observation, these physical properties are often seen from the anthropocentric aspect. It should be recognised, that every organism living today has an immune system absolutely capable of protecting it from most forms of harm; those organisms that did not adapt their immune systems to external threats are no longer around to be observed.

Insects and other arthropods, while not possessing true adaptive immunity, show highly evolved systems of innate immunity, and are additionally protected from external injury (and exposure to pathogens) by their chitinous shells.

See also

  • immune system
  • autoimmunity
  • list of immunologists
  • history of immunology
  • serology
  • Immunodeficiency

 

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