immunologiske

Immunologiske is a term relating to immunology, the branch of biomedical science that studies the immune system in health and disease. The field examines how the body defends itself against infections, cancer, and other threats, as well as how immune responses can become dysregulated.

The immune system comprises innate and adaptive components. Innate immunity provides rapid, generic defense through barriers, phagocytes, natural killer cells, and the complement system. Adaptive immunity involves lymphocytes, including B cells producing antibodies and T cells mediating cellular responses. These systems communicate through cytokines and other signaling molecules, and are shaped by genetics, microbiota, and environmental factors.

Immunology informs diagnosis and treatment. Diagnostic methods include serology, flow cytometry, and immunoassays to detect antibodies, antigens, or immune cell subsets. Vaccination and immunotherapies leverage immune mechanisms to prevent or treat disease. Clinical immunology covers allergies, autoimmune disorders, immunodeficiencies, and transplant rejection, while cancer immunotherapy uses antibodies, checkpoint inhibitors, or engineered immune cells.

Research in immunology is interdisciplinary, integrating molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, and systems biology to understand immune regulation, host–pathogen interactions, and vaccine design. The term immunologiske is used in Scandinavian languages to describe anything related to this field.