Immunological response to food

Immunological aspects of food allergy

Food allergy is a clinical manifestation of an immunological process in which specific antibodies or sensitized T-lymphocytes interact with food constituents. The reaction may occur after ingestion of the particular food, after inhalation or by epicutaneous contact. A distinction must be made between food allergy, which is an immunological process, and other disorders provoked by foods. Adverse...

Immunological response to four pulpal medicaments.

Immunological response of rodents to murine mycoplasmas.

Mycoplasma arthritidis, M. pulmonis, M. neurolyticum, and M. felis strains administered on various immunization schedules induced complement-fixing and agglutinating antibodies in rats, mice, and guinea pigs. Metabolic inhibiting (MI) antibodies against M. felis were produced by guinea pigs, mice, and rats. M. neurolyticum did not induce MI antibody in mice but induced high titers in guinea pig...

Immunological response in diabetes mellitus.

Diabetes mellitus is a complex syndrome characterized by hyperglycaemia, thickening of basement membrane of the capillaries and a variety of late complications including accelerated atherosclerosis, retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. Primary diabetes mellitus is broadly divided into type I or the insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and type 2 or the non-insulin-dependent diabetes m...

Vaccination pattern affects immunological response

The response of the immune system to different vaccination patterns is studied with a simple model. It is argued that the history and characteristics of the pattern defines very different secondary immune responses in the case of infection. The memory function of the immune response can be set to work in very different modes depending on the pattern followed during immunizations. It is argued t...