The immune system refers to all of the cells, tissues, organs and processes that protect an organism from invasion by pathogens. Viruses, bacteria, parasites, and some toxins are some of pathogens that the immune system is involved in eliminating from the body.
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Articles relating to the study of the immune system, including medical specialties and techniques, as well as manipulations of the immune system (such as vaccination), can be found in Category:Immunology.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.
Pages in category "Immune system"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 245 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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A
- Abscopal effect
- Abzyme
- Activation-induced cytidine deaminase
- Acute-phase protein
- Adaptive immune system
- Adaptive immunity in jawless fish
- Adipose tissue macrophages
- AHCC
- Allergen
- Allergy
- Alloantigen recognition
- Allorecognition
- Allostasis
- Anti inflammatory agents in breast milk
- Antibody opsonization
- Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
- Antibody-dependent enhancement
- Antigen
- Antigen presentation
- Antigen processing
- Antigen-antibody interaction
- Antigenic escape
- Antigenic variation
- Antimicrobial peptides
- List of antimicrobial peptides in the female reproductive tract
- Antiserum
- Antitoxin
- Autoimmune regulator
B
C
- Calreticulin
- CAR T cell
- Cas3
- Cas9
- Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide
- Cd1-restricted T cell
- CD74
- CD94/NKG2
- Cell-mediated immunity
- CGAS–STING cytosolic DNA sensing pathway
- Checkpoint inhibitor
- CLIP (protein)
- Clonal anergy
- Clonal selection
- Common gamma chain
- Complement membrane attack complex
- Complement system
- CpG oligodeoxynucleotide
- CRISPR
- Cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants
- Cross-reactivity
- Cryptotope
- Cytokine-induced killer cell
G
H
I
- Idiotype
- ILC2
- Immune adherence
- Immune checkpoint
- Immune complex
- Immune privilege
- Immune receptor
- Immune response
- Immune system contribution to regeneration
- Immunization
- Immunocontraception
- Immunoglobulin class switching
- Immunoglobulin heavy chain
- Immunoglobulin light chain
- Immunological memory
- Immunological synapse
- Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif
- Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif
- Immunosignature
- Immunostimulant
- Immunosuppression
- Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
- Innate immune system
- Innate lymphoid cell
- Integrin alphaXbeta2
- Intelectin
- Intracellular antibody-mediated degradation
- IRGs
L
M
- Macrophage
- Macrophage migration inhibitory factor
- Major histocompatibility complex
- Mannan-binding lectin
- Marginal-zone B cell
- Memory B cell
- Memory T cell
- MHC class I
- MHC class II
- MHC class III
- MHC restriction
- Microbial symbiosis and immunity
- Microfold cell
- Mimotope
- Minor histocompatibility antigen
- Mixed lymphocyte reaction
- Monoclonal antibody
- Monocyte
- Mononuclear phagocyte system
- MYD88
- Myeloma protein
N
P
- P110δ
- PAC-1
- Panel-reactive antibody
- Para tertiary butylphenol formaldehyde resin
- Paratope
- Pathogen-associated molecular pattern
- Pattern recognition receptor
- Peptide loading complex
- Peripheral node addressin
- Peripheral tolerance
- Phagocyte
- Phenoloxidase system
- Plant-induced systemic resistance
- Plasma cell
- Polyclonal antibodies
- Polyclonal B cell response
- Precipitin
- Preimplantation factor
- Primary and secondary antibodies
- Programmed cell death protein 1
- Promegakaryocyte
- Promonocyte
- Protein M
- Psychosomatic medicine
- PTPN22
- Pus