Question

Define the term immunotherapy and immunomodulators.​

Answer 1

Immunotherapy: It is a treatment process which involves suppression of immune responses, to achieve therapeutic effects. Manipulation of the immune response can be carried out by modulating various components involved in this process.

Immunomodulators: These modulate the activity of a patient's immune response, either up or down, until a desired level of therapeutic effect is reached. Cytokines are natural immunomodulator secreted by one type of immune cell that elicits response in another type of immune cell, these include interleukins, interferons and tumour necrosis factors. There are two general clinical approaches of immunomodulation.