Note that processes studied in IIR are emphasised in all illustrations. Links - click below for further information... The human immune system Innate & adaptive immunity Natural regulation Dendritic cells (1) MØ/T-cell interact. (1) MØ act./deact. (1_4) B-/T-mast cell interact. (2) Th1/Th2 cells (3+5) Immunoglobulin (5) Antibody production (5) Infect. virus (6) Infect. bacteria (6) Chemokines (HIV) (4+6) Cytotoxicity/apoptosis (7) Inflam. bowel dis. (7) Vasc. Cytotox. (diabetes) (7) Diabetes (IDDM) (7) Rheumatoid arthritis (8) Vasculitis (sepsis) (8) Fever/acute-phase (9) CK and CK rec. (10) AutoAb to CK (11) Atherosclerosis (8+12) Osteoarthrosis (12) Abbreviations used in the illustrations: B: B lymphocyte Bas: granulocyte - basophilic DC: dendritic cell E: endothelial cell Eos: granulocyte - eosinophilic Ery: red blood cell F: fibroblast FGF: fibroblast growth factor ICAM: intercellular adhesion molecule LDL: low-density lipid LGL: large granular lymphocyte Mon: monocyte MØ: macrophage Neu: granulocyte - neutrophil NK: natural killer cell P: plasma cell ROI: reactive oxygen intermediates RNI: reactive nitrogen intermediates sLe: sialyl-Lewis blood type components SM: smooth muscle cell T: T-lymphocyte TGF: transforming growth factor