The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to immunology:
Immunology – study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with 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, transplant rejection); the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo.
Essence of immunology
Immunology
Branch of Biomedical science
Immune system
Immunity
Branches of immunology: 1. General Immunology 2. Basic Immunology 3. Advanced Immunology 4. Medical Immunology 5. Pharmaceutical Immunology 9. Clinical Immunology 6. Environmental Immunology 8. Cellular and Molecular Immunology 9. Food and Agricultural Immunology
Classical immunology
Clinical immunology
Computational immunology
Diagnostic immunology
Evolutionary immunology
Systems immunology
Immunomics
Immunoproteomics
Immunophysics
Immunochemistry
Ecoimmunology
Immunopathology
Nutritional immunology
Psychoneuroimmunology
Reproductive immunology
Circadian immunology
Immunotoxicology
Palaeoimmunology
Tissue-based immunology
Testicular immunology - Testes
Immunodermatology - Skin
Intravascular immunology - Blood
Osteoimmunology - Bone
Mucosal immunology - Mucosal surfaces
Respiratory tract antimicrobial defense system - Respiratory tract
Neuroimmunology - Neuroimmune system in the Central nervous system
Ocularimmunology - Ocular immune system in the Eye
Cancer immunology/Immunooncology - Tumors
History of immunology
History of immunology
Timeline of immunology
General immunological concepts
Immunity: Immunity against: Pathogens Pathogenic bacteria Viruses Fungi Protozoa Parasites Tumors Allergens Self-proteins Autoimmunity Alloimmunity Cross-reactivity Tolerance Central tolerance Peripheral tolerance Clonal anergy Clonal deletion Tolerance in pregnancy Immunodeficiency Antigen Antigenicity Immunogen Superantigen Allergen Hapten Epitope Linear Conformational Mimotope Tumor antigen Antigen-antibody interaction Immunogenetics Affinity maturation Somatic hypermutation Clonal selection V(D)J recombination Artemis complex Recombination-activating gene RAG1 RAG2 Recombination signal sequences Junctional diversity Immunoglobulin class switching Allelic exclusion Polyclonal response Phagocytosis Opsonin Intrinsic immunity Leukocyte extravasation Cross-presentation Immune repertoire Original antigenic sin Antigen presentation Immunological synapse Co-stimulation
Components of the immune system
Immune system
Adaptive immune system
Adaptive immune system
Humoral immunity
Antibodies
Kinds of antibodies
Monoclonal antibodies
Polyclonal antibodies
Autoantibody
Microantibody
Neutralizing antibody
Classification
Allotype
Isotype
Idiotype
Functions
Antibody opsonization
Neutralisation
Regions
Paratope
Complementarity-determining region (CDRs) Hypervariable region Framework region Fab Region Fc Region Polyclonal B cell response Cell-mediated immunity
Innate immune system
Innate immune system
Complement system
Classical complement pathway
Mannan-binding lectin pathway
Alternate complement pathway
Complement membrane attack complex
Surface barriers – Physical or chemical barriers that prevent infection (i.e. skin, tears, mucus, saliva, Gastric acid, etc.) Antimicrobial peptides Defensins Lysozyme Inflammation Inflammatory reflex Inflammasome Granuloma Acute-phase proteins Amyloid