Outline of immunology

Summary

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.[1] 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 edit

Immunology

  1. 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


History of immunology edit

History of immunology

General immunological concepts edit

  • Immunity against:

Components of the immune system edit

Immune system

  Adaptive immune system edit

Adaptive immune system

  • Kinds of antibodies
  • Classification
  • Functions
  • Regions

  Innate immune system edit

Innate immune system

  • Positive
  • Negative

Organs of the immune system edit

Lymphatic system

  Primary lymphoid organs edit

Primary lymphoid organs

  Secondary lymphoid organs edit

Secondary lymphoid organs

Cells of the immune system edit

White blood cells

  Myeloid cells edit

  Lymphoid cells edit

Lymphoid cells

  Others edit

(Non-hematopoietic cells with immune functions)

  Hematopoiesis edit

  • T cell development
  • B cell development
  • Pre-pro-B cell
  • Early pro-B cell
  • Late pro-B cell
  • Large pre-B cell
  • Small pre-B cell
  • Immature B cell
  • Mast cell precursors

Molecules of the immune system edit

Immune receptors edit

   Antigen receptors edit

  • Stimulatory
  • Inhibitory
  • Accessory molecule (CD79)
  • Co-receptors
  • Accessory molecules

   Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) edit

Pattern recognition receptor

  • Dectin 1 subfamily
  • DCIR subfamily
  • Class A - Trimers
  • MSR1 (SCARA1)
  • MARCO (SCARA2)
  • SCARA3
  • SCARA4 (COLEC12)
  • SCARA5
  • Class B - Two transmembrane domains
  • Others
  • NLRA (A for acidic transactivating domain)
  • NLRX
  • Secreted PRRs

   Complement receptors edit

Complement receptor

   Fc receptors edit

Fc receptor

  • Secreted Fc receptors

   Cytokine receptors edit

Cytokine receptor

  • Others
  • EPOR (Erythropoietin receptor) - Homodimer
  • G-CSFR (CD114) - Homodimer upon ligand binding
  • MPL (CD110, Thrombopoietin receptor) - Homodimer upon ligand binding
  • GHR (Growth hormone receptor) - Homodimer upon ligand binding
  • PRLR (Prolactin receptor)
  • Interleukin receptors
  • C chemokine receptors (XCRs)
  • CX3C chemokine receptors (CX3CRs)

   Natural killer cell receptors edit

Natural killer cell receptors

  • Natural cytotoxicity receptors (NCRs)
  • Natural killer group 2 receptors (NKG2s)
  • Activating KIRs
  • Two domains, long cytoplasmic tail
  • Two domains, short cytoplasmic tail
  • Three domains, long cytoplasmic tail
  • Three domains, short cytoplasmic tail
  • KIR3DS1

   Others edit

  • LILR subfamily A
  • LILR subfamily B

Antibodies edit

Antibodies

Cytokines edit

Cytokine

  • CX3CL1 (Fractalkine, Neurotactin)

MHCs edit

Major histocompatibility complex

Complement proteins edit

  • Early stage (divided by pathway)
  • Middle stage
  • Late stage
  • Complement pathway inhibitors

Antimicrobial peptides edit

Antimicrobial peptides

Transcription factors edit

  • T-bet - TH1 differentiation
  • GATA3 - TH2 differentiation
  • RORγT - TH17 differentiation
  • BCL6 - TFH differentiation
  • FoxP3 - Treg differentiation

Signaling pathways edit

Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) edit

Cell adhesion molecules

  • Alpha subunits
  • Beta subunits
  • Dimers
  • Cytoadhesin receptor
  • Leukocyte-adhesion receptor:
  • Very late antigen receptor:
  • CTX family
  • CD2 family
  • Others

Others edit

  • Co-stimulatory molecules
  • CD80 - Expressed by APCs
  • CD86 - Expressed by APCs
  • CD28 family receptors
  • CD28 - Expressed by T Cells
  • CD278 (ICOS) - Homodimer, expressed by T Cells
  • CTLA-4 (CD152)
  • PD-1 (CD279)

Immune system disorders edit

Immune disorder

Hypersensitivity and Allergy edit

  • Foreign
  • Autoimmune
  • Foreign
  • Autoimmune
  • Foreign
  • Autoimmune
  • GVHD (Graft-versus-host disease)
  • Unknown/Multiple types
  • Foreign
  • Autoimmune

Immunodeficiency edit

Immunodeficiency

Cancers of the immune system edit

Myeloid diseases edit

Inflammatory diseases edit

Immunoproliferative immunoglobulin disorders edit

Immunoproliferative immunoglobulin disorders

Lymphatic organ disease edit

Immunologic techniques and tests edit

Immunology and health edit

Immunologists edit

List of immunologists

Immunology lists edit

References edit

  1. ^ Janeway's Immunobiology textbook Searchable free online version at the National Center for Biotechnology Information
  2. ^ "HGNC Gene Group: C-type lectin domain containing". Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  3. ^ Geijtenbeek TB, Gringhuis SI (July 2009). "Signalling through C-type lectin receptors: shaping immune responses". Nat. Rev. Immunol. 9 (7): 465–79. doi:10.1038/nri2569. PMC 7097056. PMID 19521399.
  4. ^ Royet J, Gupta D, Dziarski R (December 2011). "Peptidoglycan recognition proteins: modulators of the microbiome and inflammation". Nat. Rev. Immunol. 11 (12): 837–51. doi:10.1038/nri3089. PMID 22076558. S2CID 5266193.

External links edit

  • BMC: Immunology- BioMed Central:Immunology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles.
  • Nature Reviews Immunology (journal home)
  • Janeway's Immunobiology textbook Searchable free online version at the National Center for Biotechnology Information
  • Overview at Medical College of Georgia
  • MUGEN NoE murine models for immunological disease
  • Transplantation Immunology[permanent dead link] Interesting web site made by the faculty of medicine of the University of Geneva dealing with the immunological issues linked with the transplantation of materials genetically different between donor and recipient (hematopoietical stem cells, organs or the transfusion of blood).
  • Online lectures in immunology University of South Carolina
  • BRT-Burleson Research Technologies Tests the effects of pharmaceuticals in the developmental stage on the immune system.