Immunology - Immunopaedia

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The Basics of the Immune System

1. A Snapshot of the Immune System
2. Ontogeny of the Immune System
3. The Innate Immune System
4. MHC & Antigen Presentation
5. Overview of T Cell Subsets
6. B Cell Activation and Plasma Cell Differentiation
7. Antibody Structure and Classes
CD Nomenclature


Advanced Immunology

1. Transplantation
2. Central & Peripheral Tolerance
3. Immune Regulation in Pregnancy
4. Breaking Tolerance: Autoimmunity & Dysregulation
5. Mucosal Immunity & Immunopathology
6. Regulation of Immunity & the Microbiome
7. Epigenetics & Modulation of Immunity
8. Inflammation and autoinflammation
9. T cell mediated autoimmune diseases
10. Antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases


Special Focus Area

1. Primary Immunodeficiencies
2. Cancer & Tumours

Cancer Epidemiology and Aetiology
Immune Responses to Cancer
Cancer Stem Cells and Tumour-initiating Cells
Tumour Microenvironment
Pathogens and Cancer
Cancer Immunotherapy


3. Immunity to TB
4. Immunity to Malaria
5. Immunity to HIV
6. Tolerance and Autoimmunity


Historical Fun Facts

Discovery of the Thymus as a central immunological organ
History of Immune Response
History of Immunoglobulin molecules
History of MHC – 1901 – 1970
History of MHC – 1971 – 2011