Autoimmunity and genetics

Abstract

Unlike 50 years ago, autoimmunity is today a widely recognized phenomenon with registered cases encompassing more than 5% of the world populace with at least 40 different autoimmune disorders (Mori et al. 2005). Notwithstanding this increased recognition, treatment fields are lagging behind mainly due to the hardships of following up recent developments in the cellular and molecular immunology field by physicians. Again, it should be implied that autoimmunity related diseases have connections to varying medical specializations, all of which have their own strict foci. As for the immunomodulatory drugs, physicians are able to utilize such drugs only in specified conditions as opposed to the general application of immunomodulation. Overall, medical fields are a long way from having a universal approach to autoimmune disorders. Nevertheless, it should be acknowledged that the attainment of the entire current understanding of immunology by all practitioners would be fanciful at best. Therefore, some commonplace concepts for a proper immunologist are addressed for improving physicians’ understanding on immunopathology that might support them in their therapy designations.