Immunology Terminology Explained Immunology

Immunology is a biological discipline that studies the immunity of living organisms, immune response, the laws of immune response, immunological methods and techniques.

I. The traditional conception of immunology is that it is a specialized discipline for the study of immunity against infections. Infectious diseases anciently known as the plague. For example, smallpox is a virulent infectious disease, normal people once contact with the patient, almost invariably suffer from infection. However, the survivors of the infection will not suffer from smallpox again, even if they care for a smallpox patient. This phenomenon of immunity from plague is the earliest concept of the word "immunization".

The basic theories of immunology include: the antigens that cause the immune response, the immune system that carries out the immune response, the phenomena and mechanisms of the immune response, and the types and characteristics of the products of the immune response, as well as the patterns and results of their reactions with the corresponding antigens.

Three, immunology in the application of research include: the establishment of a complete immune response detection methods, in order to detect various types of antigens and immune response products, etc.; to understand the pathogenesis of certain immune diseases, research on how to control and prevent immune diseases by means of promoting, blocking, interrupting and other means.

Fourth, with the development of science, immunology has been divided into many branches, such as immunobiology, immunogenetics, immunochemistry, immunopharmacology, immunopathology, immunohaematology, clinical immunology, transplantation immunology, tumor immunology. And penetrate into the national economy related to industry, agriculture, chemistry, food, animal husbandry and other fields to play an increasingly important role.