What is molecular immunology?
Molecular immunology is a subfil of immunology, which aims to explore immune processes at the molecular level. The immune system is a body system that responds to foreign entities, such as bacteria or other infectious agency in the body. The immune response that such a foreign entity triggers is a tendency to be highly specific. The body produces antibodies that are specially designed to target a particular antigen or foreign body that evokes an immune response, as well as one lock tends to coincide with a single key. There is a field of molecular immunology to explore this and other aspects of immune responses that are controlled at the molecular level.
Molecular immunology targets are changing and various techniques in both laboratory and clinical environments are used in the field. A greater understanding of the molecular foundation of the immune function allowed more targeted and effective diagnostic and therapeutic methods of some diseases. Also provided many new experimental methods to be bondrye in molecular biology and molecular immunological laboratory. The high degree of specificity of antibodies is particularly important, as antibodies can be produced to focus on almost any biological component of interest. Therefore, they can be used to "mark" certain cellular components or to determine whether a particular substance is present in the sample because they will specifically bind to antigen of interest.
Interactions between antibodies and antigens are central to molecular immunology and immunology as a whole. Different cells of the immune system have receptors that bind to antigens in the body and evoke an immune response. Antibodies are produced with molecular binding areas adapted specifically to antigen of interest; They tend to connect non -specific with nothing, except for an antigen they were forced to focus on. Immune components are also able to identify and attack cellsthat have been endangered as in the case of viruses.
6 For example, in the case of autoimmune diseases, the immune system focuses on “own” cells instead of antigens. In some other disorders and diseases, the efficiency of the immune system will reduce, causing the state of immunodeficiency. The recognition of antigen is powered by specific molecular mechanisms and even small changes in conformation of antigens structures can have significant effects on the immune response. Scientists working in molecular immunology hope that a greater understanding of the molecular foundation of immunology will help them to better fight these and other diseases and disorders.