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immune system: the defense system that protects the body against foreign invaders (such as microorganisms) and cancerous cells. The immune system has two branches, nonspecific (innate) and specific (adaptive); ... immunocompetent: capable of mounting an immune response.
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The immune system is initially capable of mounting responses to particular microorganisms because _____. (p. 905) ... The proliferation of the B lymphocyte to which a specific antigen binds is referred to as _____. (Be specific.) (p. ...
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Adaptive immune system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The adaptive immune system is composed of highly specialized, systemic cells and processes that eliminate or prevent pathogenic challenges. Thought to have arisen in the first jawed vertebrates, the...
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The clonal selection hypothesis states that the germline encodes many different antigen receptors - one for each antigenic determinant to which an individual will be capable of mounting an immune response. Antigen selects those ... 1. The specific immune system "remembers" each encounter with a microbe or foreign antigen,
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Thus, while mounting an effective response against the pathogen, the immune system accidentally generates lymphocytes capable of attacking joints. ... In the absence of these infections, with nothing better to do, the immune system makes mischief by mounting exaggerated responses to innocuous substances such as pollen or nuts.
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This result prompts the obvious question of whether the innate immune system of vertebrates shares a similar biology. Such a finding is of particular interest since immunocompromised individuals only possess an innate immune system. ... Immune responses are typically characterized as being either adaptive or innate.
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Multiple roles for CD4+ T cells in anti-tumor immune responses. ... We demonstrate that nonresponsive mice have inadequate presentation of viral Ag, but have T cell repertoires capable of mounting Ag-specific responses. ... How pattern recognition receptor triggering influences T cell responses: a new look into the system.
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These results indicate that fusogenic liposome is a versatile and effective system for the stimulation of Ag-specific immune responses at both mucosal and systemic compartments. ... Because fusogenic liposomes effectively delivered Ags to mucosal epithelial and Mac-1+ cells, we examined whether the contents of...
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Indeed, it could be argued that only long-lived animals would gain any evolutionary advantage from the development of an adaptive immune system capable of showing "memory." The following section of this review concentrates on the arthropods (insects, crustaceans, ... The case for specific immunity in invertebrates...
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