ABSTRACT
Immunoinformatics is a subset of bioinformatics that focuses on the field of immunology. Immunoinformatics applications are of increasing significance to immunological research. The major findings of structural, functional, and regulatory aspects of molecular immunology, coupled with rapid accumulation of immunological data have been complemented by the development of more sophisticated computational solutions for immunological research. Immunology is a combinatorial science. The immune system is intertwined with all other body systems. Bioinformatics applications are well developed for some immunological areas, including data bases, genomic applications, study of T cell epitopes, modeling immune systems and, to a lesser degree, the analysis of allergenicity of proteins. Also called “computational immunology” and includes theoretical immunology.
