
Mucosal Immunology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Dec. 1, 2024
In complex organisms, functional units must interact cohesively to maintain homeostasis, especially within mucosal barriers that house diverse, specialized cell exposed constant environmental challenges. Understanding how homeostasis at is maintained and its disruption can lead autoimmune diseases or cancer, requires a holistic view. Although omics approaches systems immunology have become powerful tools, they are not without limitations; interpretations may reflect researchers' assumptions, even if other explanations exist. this perspective, I propose applying game theory concepts could help interpret data, offering fresh perspectives supporting the exploration of alternative scenarios. By framing immune system as network strategic interactions with multiple possible outcomes, theory, which analyzes decision-making processes, illuminate novel types functions, interactions, responses pathogens commensals, leading more comprehensive understanding diseases. addition, might encourage researchers consider broader range possibilities, reduce risk myopic thinking, ultimately enable refined complexity barriers. This perspective aims introduce complementary framework for immunologists, encouraging them incorporate these into data interpretation modeling.
Language: Английский