Paper Collection: Understanding Immune Systems
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 425
Special Issue Editors
Interests: peptidylarginine deimnases; extracelluar vesicles; regenerative medicine; tissue remodelling; cancer; mucosal immunity; innate immunity; stem cells
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2. School of Human Sciences, Cell Communication in Disease Pathology, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB, UK
Interests: immunology; extracellular vesicles; complement system; infectious disease; host-pathogen interactions; vaccinology; virology; microbiology; cancer; intercellular communication; disease mechanisms; biomedicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to collect the state-of-the-art primary research studies, reports, and review articles from international experts and diverse leading groups in the immunology research field. The immune system has multifaceted roles in health and disease, including in developmental processes, during the lifespan, in tissue homeostasis, in evolutionary biology, in host–pathogen interactions and infection, and as a double-edged sword in inflammatory and chronic pathologies. Understanding Immune Systems invites research contributions that further the current understanding in immunology, including from in vitro and in vivo human and comparative animal models.
Prof. Dr. Sigrun Lange
Prof. Dr. Jameel M. Inal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- immune mechanisms
- evolutionary immunology
- comparative immunology
- innate immunity
- adaptive immunity
- autoimmunity
- chronic inflammation
- immune ageing
- host–pathogen interactions
- vaccinology
- regenerative medicine
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