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)...

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...

the immune system. The innate immune system provides a preconfigured response to broad groups of situations and stimuli. The adaptive immune system provides...

of immunology. The immune system is divided into a more primitive innate immune system and an acquired or adaptive immune system of vertebrates, each...

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...

of the innate immune system in autoinflammatory diseases, whereas in autoimmune diseases there is a malfunction of the adaptive immune system. Symptoms...

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...

(AIDs) are a group of rare disorders caused by dysfunction of the innate immune system. These responses are characterized by periodic or chronic systemic...

The complement system, also known as complement cascade, is a part of the humoral, innate immune system and enhances (complements) the ability of antibodies...

barriers, production of nitric oxide, and activation of the innate and adaptive immune systems.[citation needed] Natural barriers defend against the parasite...

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...

underlying tissues protected. Immune reactions within the cornea come from surrounding vascularized tissues as well as innate immune responsive cells that reside...

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...

components of the innate immune system include myeloid phagocytes, innate lymphoid cells (NK cells) and intraepithelial lymphocytes. Cellular immunity protects...

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...

Sawires YS, Cheung AL, Otto M, Gresham HD (2008). "Apolipoprotein B is an innate barrier against invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection". Cell Host & Microbe...

vaccination. Emerging resources show that even the innate immune system can initiate a more efficient immune response and pathogen elimination after the previous...

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...

release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from immune-related cells and the chronic activation of the innate immune system. It can contribute to the development...

This allows the innate immune system to recognize pathogens and thus, protect the host from infection.: 494  This initiation of the immune response consists...

exposure or immunization. The immune system has innate and adaptive components. Innate immunity is present in all metazoans, immune responses: inflammatory...

Trained immunity is a long-term functional modification of cells in the innate immune system which leads to an altered response to a second unrelated challenge...

platelets, macrophages, smooth muscle cells, and cardiomyocytes as an innate immune scavenge receptor. When activated, pro-inflammatory signals are generated...

immunotoxic substances have been shown to alter both the innate and adaptive parts of the immune system. Consequences of xenobiotics affect the organ initially...

the innate immune system has led to an evolutionary battle between pathogenic cells developing different PAMPs that cannot be recognized and immune cells...

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...

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...

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...

Granulocytes are cells in the innate immune system characterized by the presence of specific granules in their cytoplasm. Such granules distinguish them...

synthase - stimulator of interferon genes) is a component of the innate immune system that functions to detect the presence of cytosolic DNA and, in response...