Immune response
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See for
antigen specificity, host response, immune function, immunoreaction, immunoreactivity
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
complement pathway regulation, histamine release
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Related Terms
immune response gene, immunity, immunoregulation
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Scope Note
alteration in the reactivity of the immune system of an organism in response to an antigen; in vertebrates, this may involve antibody production, induction of cell mediated immunity, complement activation or development of immunological tolerance.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- The reason HIV manages to escape the immune response is most likely due to two factors - its incredible rate of replication and high rate of mutation.
- Moreover, we have already identified to which portions (protein fragments) of p53 protein the immune response is directed.
- The adaptive immune response is a highly specific, long-lasting response to a particular pathogen or an antigen associated with a pathogen.
- Additionally, although infants produce the same an amount of IgG1 and IgG3 as older children, their immune response is still poor, suggesting differences in Ab specificity or affinity12,13,16.
- While the humoral immune response is underway, some of the influenza viral particles will have been consumed by phagocytes and neutrophils while others would have began infecting other cells such as Brian’s epithelial cells.
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