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Definition and History,ssical” fields of immunology and pharmacology. The term “immunopharmacology” has been in regular, though not necessarily precise use for about fifteen years only. To some people, immunopharmacology means the effect of pharmaceutical agents on the immune system and its functions, and where these agen

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Immunostimulation,s and a subsequent cellular or humoral immune response are classified as “specific”. Others which entail the uptake and degradation of foreign materials by macrophages and related cells can be called “unspecific”. Sometimes the events leading to the elimination of an antigen are quite simple. Certai