Toxicology and the immune system: a perspective.
The relationship of immunology to toxicology has not always been an easy one, and the product of this association, immunotoxicology, has not infrequently been viewed with a certain scepticism by some of those who consider themselves 'classical' toxicologists. A recent meeting of the British Toxicology Society ('Toxicology and the Immune System', New College Oxford, March 21-22, 1991) provided an opportunity for some remedial work toward a wider appreciation of the issues which exercise immunotoxicologists, and the ways in which they are being addressed. It is not the purpose of this short article to provide a comprehensive account of the scientific presentations, but rather to give a perspective, necessarily a personal one, of immunotoxicology in the context of the meeting.
ICI Central Toxicology Laboratory, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK.
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D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000187:drug effects*; D000922:Immunotoxins / Q000633:toxicity*
D000922:Immunotoxins