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Directly stated, the function of the immune system is to eliminate intruding microorganisms or certain large molecules that enter the milieu of the body. Immunity is the successful outcome of this mechanism and its failure is progressive infection. Apart from the overt congenital or acquired immune deficiencies, there are also more subtle variations in the “resistance” of individuals to specific components of microorganisms that are under the control of alternative genes coding for functionally different molecules involved in immune recognition. There inherited elements are the “immune response genes,” and their study is “immunogenetics.”
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Winchester, R. (1992). Human Immune Response Genes. In: Rugstad, H.E., Endresen, L., Førre, Ø. (eds) Immunopharmacology in Autoimmune Diseases and Transplantation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1167-4_1
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