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Understanding the Immune System
Overview

Adapted by Mary Shomon

This special section on "Understanding the Immune System" offers a comprehensive guide to understanding the immune system, its anatomy, disorders, and other key information. This information has been made available from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Immune and autoimmune conditions are discussed, including common thyroid conditions like Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.

Many terms that need further definition and clarification are highlighted throughout this special section as hyperlinks. Many of the underlined hyperlinked words and phrases link to the Glossary that is included in this special section.

Introduction

Self and Nonself
Genes and the Markers of Self

The Anatomy of the Immune System

The Cells and Secretions of the Immune System
Lymphocytes

B Cells and Antibodies

T Cells and Lymphokines

Natural Killer Cells
Phagocytes, Granulocytes, and Their Relatives
Complement

Mounting an Immune Response
A Billion Antibodies
A Web of Idiotypes
Receptors for Recognizing Antigen

Immunity, Natural and Acquired
Vaccines Through Biotechnology

Disorders of the Immune System
Allergy
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune Complex Diseases
Immunodeficiency Diseases
Cancers of the Immune System

Bone Marrow Transplants

Immunology and Transplants

Privileged Immunity

Immunity and Cancer

The Immune System and the Nervous System

Frontiers in Immunology
Hybridoma Technology
The SCID Mouse
Genetic Engineering
The Stem Cell
Immunoregulation Research

Glossary
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