Immunogenetics

Introduction: Immunogenetics

Description of Immunogenetics

Immunogenetics: The study of the genetics of transplantation and tissue rejection, histochemical loci, immunologic response, immunoglobulin structure, and immunosuppression.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Immunogenetics: subdiscipline of genetics (the branch of science concerned with the means and consequences of transmission and generation of the components of biological inheritance) which deals with the genetic basis of the immune response.
Source: CRISP

Immunogenetics: A subdiscipline of genetics which deals with the genetic basis of the immune response (IMMUNITY).
Source: MeSH 2007

Immunogenetics: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Immunogenetics:

• Study
• Transplantation
• Tissue
• Rejection
• Loci
• Response
• Immunoglobulin
• Structure
• Immunosuppression
• Immunosuppression diseases

Terms associated with Immunogenetics:

More specific terms for Immunogenetics:

• Antibody Diversity
• Antigenic Variation
• Genes, Immunoglobulin
• Immunoglobulin Allotypes
• Immunoglobulin Idiotypes
• Major Histocompatibility Complex
• Minor Histocompatibility Loci
• Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
• Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte
• Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Loci
• Somatic Hypermutation, Immunoglobulin

Source - MeSH 2007

• gene rearrangement
• histocompatibility gene
• immune response gene
• immunoglobulin gene

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Immunogenetics

• Genetics
• Immunity

Source - MeSH 2007

• genetics
• immunology

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Immunogenetics:

• immunoregulation

Source: CRISP

The description of Immunogenetics may also be used for the following terms:

• immunological diversity

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Immunogenetics

The following list attempts to classify Immunogenetics into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Biological Sciences
  • Biology
    • Genetics
      • Immunogenetics

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Biological Phenomena, Cell Phenomena, and Immunity
  • Immunity
    • Immunogenetics

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Natural Sciences
  • Biological Sciences
    • Biology
      • Genetics
        • Immunogenetics

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