Personal immunity versus social immunity

Social Immunity

Social insect colonies have evolved collective immune defences against parasites. These 'social immune systems' result from the cooperation of the individual group members to combat the increased risk of disease transmission that arises from sociality and group living. In this review we illustrate the pathways that parasites can take to infect a social insect colony and use these pathways as a ...

Ageing in personal and social immunity: do immune traits

Antibodies testing, Immunity and immunity passport in Covid-19

The global outbreak of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has affected most countries in the world. Our knowledge of diagnostic tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is evolving, and it is important to have a clear understanding of the nature of the tests and the interpretation of their findings. In this paper, the purpose is to interpret the results of two typ...

Secondary Reduction of Immunity

Deficiences imunitaire acquises Les , deficits nnmumtaires pathologiques af­ systeme des phagocytes, l'immunite a mechation_ cellulare :t la synthese des im­ Illfnoglobulmes so1t separement, soit con­Jom temen t. La manifestation .clinique de ces deficits est la ,frequence _des mfections bacterielles, vir­ales et mycotiques.  Le triteJent s deficits immunitaire a part la therap1e antnnfectieu...

Innate versus adaptive immunity in kidney immunopathology

Most kidney disorders involve some degree of inflammation, i.e. induction of pro-inflammatory mediators and leukocyte recruitment. But what are the factors that determine inflammation as a trigger or a consequence of kidney injury? Which types of renal inflammation can be targeted by the novel more selective immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory agents? How to dissect the mechanisms behind in...