title: Basic principles of immunology (immune response) for hemapheresis practitioners.
abstract: Advances in medical knowledge and technology have identified the essential elements involved in the human immune system, their relationships and interactions, and offer more advanced concepts in the design, function, and maintenance of immune response. Immune response begins with the earliest progenitor cell and transfers its legacy of protection through white blood cells and the complement system. A basic understanding of immunology is essential to the hemapheresis practitioner as new treatment regimens requiring hemapheresis interventions develop.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307-5001.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sigmon
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D003167:Complement Activation; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology