SECTION	SCOPE
Allergy & hypersensitivity	Chemokines, complement & receptors Cytokines & cytokine receptors in allergy Eosinophils Fc receptors & signalling mechanisms Inhibitory receptors & mechanisms of inhibition Mast cells Specific diseases & therapy T helper cells (TH1, TH2) The genetic basis of hypersensitivity & environmental contribution
Antigen processing & recognition	Antigen processing & presentation APCs & APC/T cell interaction MHC, TCR, BcR structures
Autoimmunity	Breakdown in tolerance Environmental contribution Etiology & pathogenesis Genetics of autoimmunity Organ specific autoimmunity Systemic autoimmunity Therapy
Cellular microbiology & pathogenesis	Adhesion Cellular signalling Cellular trafficking & microbes Disease models Emerging microbial diseases Host exploitation Host invasion Host-microbe interactions Mechanisms of resistance & susceptibility Persistence Symbiosis Toxins Virulence factors: processing, delivery & gene regulation
Genetics of the immune system	Autoimmune gene mapping Cytokines/interferon Disease mapping Gene super-families Genomic sequence Ig genetics Immunoarrays Immuno-evolution MHC Mouse immunogenetics/knock-outs Primate genetics Receptors Regulation
Immune response	Cooperation in effector responses Coordination of innate & adaptive immune systems Immune complexes & Fc receptors & c' receptors Immunoendocrine networks Lymphocyte trafficking Lymphoid organ development & organization Maturation of the immune response Micro-environments (lymphocyte niches) Regionalization
Immunity to infections	Acquired responses Antigen processing/presentation Genetic susceptibility factors in hosts Immune evasion by microbes Inflammation & cytokines Innate recognition of microbes Pathogenesis & resistance Specific, major infectious diseases
Immunomodulation	Antigen barriers to transplantation Immunomodulation (including immunotherapy) Immunosuppression Mechanisms of graft rejection & GVHD Tumour evasion of immune system Tumour vaccines Vaccination (including therapeutic & contraceptive vaccines) Xenotransplantation
Immunopharmacology & hematologic pharmacology	Anemias Anti-allergy drugs Anti-inflammatory drugs Cytokines as drug targets Disorders of leukocytes (other than cancer) Immunomodulating agents Immunotherapy & vaccines Immunotoxicology Platelet disorders
Innate immunity	Basophils Complement Eosinophils Inflammation & mediators Innate immunity Innate immunity in lower organisms Intracellular killing Killer cells & killing mechanisms Neutrophils NK cells phagocytosis/scavenging Opsonization
Leukocyte activation	Antibody synthesis & class-switching (including hypermutation) Germinal centers T helper cells & their activation T-cell, B-cell & NK activation & functions
Leukocyte development	B cell differentiation B cell regionalization B cell specialization & memory B cell tolerance Cell migration Hematopoietic stem cells Lineage commitment Peripheral tolerance & memory Regionalization T cell differentiation T cell education in the thymus V(D)J recombination
Leukocyte signalling & gene expression	B cells: antigen recognition B cells: gene expression B cells: other receptor systems CD4/CD8 Mast cells, dendritic cells & macrophages: gene expression Mast cells, dendritic cells & macrophages: receptors NK cells: receptors Platelets, neutrophils & other myeloid cells: receptors T cells: co-stimulatory receptors T cells: cytokine receptors T cells: gene expression T cells: receptors involved in antigen recognition T cells: TNF & death receptors

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