The immune system is a network of biological systems that protects an organism from diseases. It detects and responds to a wide variety of pathogens, from...
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The adaptive immune system, also known as the acquired immune system, or specific immune system is a subsystem of the immune system that is composed of...
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The innate immune system or nonspecific immune system is one of the two main immunity strategies (the other being the adaptive immune system) in vertebrates...
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intelligence, artificial immune systems (AIS) are a class of computationally intelligent, rule-based machine learning systems inspired by the principles...
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Autoimmune disease (redirect from Immune System Disorder)
a condition that results from an anomalous response of the adaptive immune system, wherein it mistakenly targets and attacks healthy, functioning parts...
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The ocular immune system protects the eye from infection and regulates healing processes following injuries. The interior of the eye lacks lymph vessels...
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Immunodeficiency (redirect from Immune-system deficiencies)
Immunodeficiency, also known as immunocompromisation, is a state in which the immune system's ability to fight infectious diseases and cancer is compromised or entirely...
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of immunology. The immune system is divided into a more primitive innate immune system and an acquired or adaptive immune system of vertebrates, each...
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exposure or immunization. The immune system has innate and adaptive components. Innate immunity is present in all metazoans, immune responses: inflammatory...
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The avian immune system is the system of biological structures and cellular processes that protects birds from disease. The avian immune system resembles...
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Immunosuppression (redirect from Immune system suppressant)
efficacy of the immune system. Some portions of the immune system itself have immunosuppressive effects on other parts of the immune system, and immunosuppression...
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The behavioral immune system is a phrase coined by the psychological scientist Mark Schaller to refer to a suite of psychological mechanisms that allow...
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The Earth immune system is a controversial proposal, claimed to be a consequence of the Gaia hypothesis. The Gaia hypothesis holds that the entire earth...
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lymphatic system, or lymphoid system, is an organ system in vertebrates that is part of the immune system, and complementary to the circulatory system. It consists...
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the immune system to fight diseases, and help maintain homeostasis by stabilizing temperature and natural pH. In vertebrates, the lymphatic system is complementary...
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century Hippocratic tradition medicine system, the immune system was imagined into two branches: humoral immunity, for which the protective function of...
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HIV/AIDS (redirect from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. It can be managed with treatment. Without treatment it can lead to...
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An immune response is a physiological reaction which occurs within an organism in the context of inflammation for the purpose of defending against exogenous...
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Cancer immunotherapy (redirect from Immune checkpoint blockade)
(immuno-oncotherapy) is the stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer, improving the immune system's natural ability to fight the disease. It is an...
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Psychoneuroimmunology (redirect from Mental health and immunity)
the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body. It is a subfield of psychosomatic medicine. PNI takes...
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recognised as foreign antigens by the body and attacked by the immune system. However, in immune privileged sites, tissue grafts can survive for extended periods...
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Crohn's disease (section Immune system)
seem to be an autoimmune disease (the immune system is not triggered by the body itself). The exact underlying immune problem is not clear; however, it may...
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An immune disorder is a dysfunction of the immune system. These disorders can be characterized in several different ways: By the component(s) of the immune...
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The complement system, also known as complement cascade, is a part of the humoral, innate immune system and enhances (complements) the ability of antibodies...
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Immunotherapy (redirect from Immune modulation)
disease by activating or suppressing the immune system. Immunotherapies designed to elicit or amplify an immune response are classified as activation immunotherapies...
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Hypersensitivity (redirect from Immune hypersensitivity)
is an undesirable and adverse immune response to an antigen. It is an abnormality in the immune system that causes immune diseases including allergies...
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This is a list of the main organ systems in the human body. Circulates blood around the body via the heart, arteries and veins, delivering oxygen and...
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cells. Consequently, both "arms" (B cells and T cells) of the adaptive immune system are impaired due to a defect in one of several possible genes. SCID...
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Gastrointestinal tract (redirect from Gastrointestinal system)
biochemical, and immune elements elaborated by the intestinal mucosa. Microorganisms also are kept at bay by an extensive immune system comprising the gut-associated...
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Immunostimulant (redirect from Immune system enhancer)
immunostimulators, are substances (drugs and nutrients) that stimulate the immune system usually in a non-specific manner by inducing activation or increasing...
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