TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Clinical Immunology A1 - Pacheco, Karin A. A2 - LaDou, Joseph A2 - Harrison, Robert J. PY - 2021 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 6e AB - The immune system lies at the intersection of the external environment and internal host organ systems and modulates these interactions to protect the host from damage and disease. Although much of the response is organized to protect against infectious diseases, some responses are also directed against environmental irritants and agents that can perturb host homeostatic processes. In some cases, an unchecked or dysfunctional immune response in reaction to certain occupational exposures plays an important role in causing occupational diseases. This chapter will review the basic components and functions of the immune system and then discuss in more depth common occupational diseases driven by innate and adaptive immune responses. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180876398 ER -