Category: Nomenclature and Terminology
Provisional Recommendation: Glossary of Terms Used in Immunotoxicology
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry is pleased to announce the following Provisional Recommendation.
Abstract:
The primary objective of this Glossary of Terms Used in Immunotoxicology is to give clear definitions for those who contribute to studies relevant to immunotoxicology but are not themselves immunologists. This applies especially to chemists who need to understand the literature of immunology without recourse to a multiplicity of other glossaries or dictionaries. The Glossary includes terms related to basic and clinical immunology insofar as they are necessary for a self-contained document, and particularly terms related to diagnosing, measuring, and understanding effects of substances on the immune system. The glossary consists of about 1200 terms as primary alphabetical entries, and Annexes of common abbreviations, examples of chemicals with known effects on the immune system, autoantibodies in autoimmune disease, and therapeutic agents used in autoimmune disease and cancer. The authors hope that among the groups who will find this glossary helpful, in addition to chemists, are toxicologists, pharmacologists, medical practitioners, risk assessors, and regulatory authorities. In particular, it should facilitate the worldwide use of chemistry in relation to occupational and environmental risk assessment.
IUPAC seeks your comments
Comments should be submitted by 30 November 2011. The text of the Provisional Recommendation can be downloaded from http://media.iupac.org/reports/provisional/abstract11/templeton_301111.html. Comments should be sent to Prof. Douglas M. Templeton at doug.templeton@utoronto.ca.
Provisional Recommendations are drafts of IUPAC recommendations comprising topics on terminology, nomenclature, and symbols. These recommendations are made widely available to allow interested parties to comment before the recommendations are finally revised and published in Pure and Applied Chemistry.
For questions, contact Dr. Terrence Renner, Executive Director, at secretariat@iupac.org.