Some omic terms definitions frequently used in this review
Relevant disciplines in vaccinology
Definition
Genomics
Genome-wide investigation of genes
Proteomics
Proteome-wide investigation of proteins
Transcriptomics
Transcriptome-wide investigation of transcribed genes
Metabolomics
Metabolome-wide investigation of metabolites
Cytomics
Cytome-wide investigation of biochemical events at a single cell level
Immunogenomics
Immunogenome-wide investigation of immunological relevant genes
Immunoproteomics
Immunoproteome-wide investigation of immunologically relevant proteins
Immunometabolomics
Immunometabolome-wide investigation of immunologically relevant metabolites
Interactomics
Interactome-wide investigation of interactions among proteins and/or other molecules or components
Secretomics
Secretome-wide investigation of all secreted proteins of a given cell, tissue,
or organism
Exoproteomics
Exoproteome-wide investigation of proteins in the extra-cellular proximity of a biological system
Surfomics
Surfome-wide investigation of surface proteins and other components, such as surface-exposed moieties
Immunomics
Immunome-wide investigation of the immune system regulation, and response to a given pathogen
Adversomics
Adversome-wide investigation of potential vaccine-related adverse effect
Vaccinomics
Comprehensive integration of previously described omics disciplines, for advancing vaccine discovery and development, as well as personalized vaccinology
Declarations
Acknowledgments
We greatly appreciate the support received from Dr. Consuelo Almazán-García for her constructive comments made on the original draft of this manuscript.
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