Immunogenetics

Immunogenetics

Immunogenetics is the branch of medical research that explores the relationship between the immune system and genetics. It is a division of microbiology.

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v • d • e Immune system / Immunology

Systems	Adaptive vs. Innate · Humoral vs. Cellular · Complement (Anaphylatoxins) · Intrinsic

Antigens and antibodies	Antigen (Superantigen, Allergen) · Hapten Epitope (Linear, Conformational) Antibody (Monoclonal antibodies, Polyclonal antibodies, Autoantibody) · Polyclonal B cell response · Allotype · Isotype · Idiotype Immune complex

Immune cells/White blood cells	Lymphoid: T cell · B cell · NK cell Myeloid: Mast cell · Basophil · Eosinophil · Macrophage Phagocytes: Neutrophil · Macrophage/Reticuloendothelial system Professional APCs: Dendritic cell · Macrophage · B cell

Immunity vs. tolerance	action: Immunity · Autoimmunity · Allergy · Inflammation · Cross-reactivity inaction: Tolerance (Central, Peripheral, Clonal anergy, Clonal deletion) · Immunodeficiency

Immunogenetics	Somatic hypermutation · V(D)J recombination · Immunoglobulin class switching · MHC/HLA

Substances	Cytokines · Opsonin · Cytolysin

Other	Diagnostic immunology

v • d • e Subfields of genetics

Main subjects	Classical genetics · Conservation genetics · Ecological genetics · Immunogenetics · Molecular genetics · Population genetics · Quantitative genetics

Related topics	Geneticist · Genomics · Medical genetics · Molecular evolution · Reverse genetics

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