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    The innate immune system or nonspecific immune system is one of the two main immunity strategies in vertebrates (the other being the adaptive immune system)...
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    acquired immune system is one of the two main immunity strategies found in vertebrates (the other being the innate immune system). Like the innate system, the...
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    the immune system. The innate immune system provides a preconfigured response to broad groups of situations and stimuli. The adaptive immune system provides...
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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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  • Another special form of immune response is antitumor immunity. In general, there are two branches of the immune response, the innate and the adaptive, which...
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    of the innate immune system in autoinflammatory diseases, whereas in autoimmune diseases there is a malfunction of the adaptive immune system. Symptoms...
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  • (AIDs) are a group of rare disorders caused by dysfunction of the innate immune system. These responses are characterized by periodic or chronic systemic...
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    barriers, production of nitric oxide, and activation of the innate and adaptive immune systems.[citation needed] Natural barriers defend against the parasite...
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    components of the innate immune system include myeloid phagocytes, innate lymphoid cells (NK cells) and intraepithelial lymphocytes. Cellular immunity protects...
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  • and T cells. The avian immune system is divided into two types of immunity, the innate and adaptive ones. The innate immune system includes physical and...
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  • antigen. Non-specific immune cells function in the first line of defense against infection or injury. The innate immune system is always present at the...
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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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  • Artificial immune systems (AIS) are a class of rule-based machine learning systems inspired by the principles and processes of the vertebrate immune system. The...
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  • release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from immune-related cells and the chronic activation of the innate immune system. It can contribute to the development...
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    Alsup AA, Alexander SM, Sully EK, et al. (2008). "Apolipoprotein B is an innate barrier against invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection". Cell Host & Microbe...
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    underlying tissues protected. Immune reactions within the cornea come from surrounding vascularized tissues as well as innate immune responsive cells that reside...
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    predict which one of them may provide better response to treatment. In innate immunity TLRs play an important role. These TLRs (mainly TLR7 and TLR9) can...
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  • Granulocytes are cells in the innate immune system characterized by the presence of specific granules in their cytoplasm. Such granules distinguish them...
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    innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) are immune cells from the lymphoid lineage that are part of the innate immune system. These cells participate in innate mechanisms...
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    destruction of red blood cells by the complement system, a part of the body's innate immune system. This destructive process occurs due to deficiency...
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    platelets, macrophages, smooth muscle cells, and cardiomyocytes as an innate immune scavenge receptor. When activated, pro-inflammatory signals are generated...
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  • generation of polymeric peptidoglycan fragments and muropeptides. Innate immune system senses intact peptidoglycan and peptidoglycan fragments using numerous...
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  • Trained immunity is a long-term functional modification of chromatin in cells of the innate immune system which leads to an altered response to a second...
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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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  • An innate immune defect is a defect in the innate immune response that blunts the response to infection. These defects may occur in monocytes, neutrophils...
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  • vaccination. Emerging resources show that even the innate immune system can initiate a more efficient immune response and pathogen elimination after the previous...
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  • by the innate immune system, which is triggered by longer RNA molecules. Most cells of the body express proteins of the innate immune system, and upon...
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  • pathogenesis of NCGS is not well understood, but the activation of the innate immune system, the direct cytotoxic effects of gluten, and probably other wheat...
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    systemic inflammation resulting in chronic overstimulation of the innate immune system. Inflammaging is a significant risk factor in mortality and morbidity...
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  • Pattern recognition receptor (category Immune system)
    receptors (PRRs) play a crucial role in the proper function of the innate immune system. PRRs are germline-encoded host sensors, which detect molecules typical...
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