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  2. Innate immune system - Wikipedia

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    The innate immune system or nonspecific immune system [1] is one of the two main immunity strategies in vertebrates (the other being the adaptive immune system). The innate immune system is an alternate defense strategy and is the dominant immune system response found in plants, fungi, prokaryotes, and invertebrates (see Beyond vertebrates). [2]

  3. Humoral immunity - Wikipedia

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    The B cell waits for a helper T cell (T H) to bind to the complex. This binding will activate the T H cell, which then releases cytokines that induce B cells to divide rapidly, making thousands of identical clones of the B cell. These daughter cells either become plasma cells or memory cells. The memory B cells remain inactive here; later, when ...

  4. Immune system - Wikipedia

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    Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a group of innate immune cells that are derived from common lymphoid progenitor and belong to the lymphoid lineage. These cells are defined by the absence of antigen-specific B-or T-cell receptor (TCR) because of the lack of recombination activating gene. ILCs do not express myeloid or dendritic cell markers. [40]

  5. Adaptive immune system - Wikipedia

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    The acquired arm, B, and T cells could not function without the innate system input. T cells are useless without antigen-presenting cells to activate them, and B cells are disabled without T cell help. On the other hand, the innate system would likely be overrun with pathogens without the specialized action of the adaptive immune response.

  6. List of immune cells - Wikipedia

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    T cell: T lymphocyte; Lymphocytus T; 8-10 Virus-infected cells; Cancer cells; Recruits and communicates with other types of immune cells [4] [17] Memory T cell: Lymphocyte: T cell: MTC; 8-10 Memorizes the characteristics of the antigens; Triggers an accelerated and robust secondary immune response [4] [18] T helper cell: Lymphocyte: T cell: T h ...

  7. Cell-mediated immunity - Wikipedia

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    Type 1 immunity consists of these cells: [5] CD4+ T H 1 cells; CD8 + cytotoxic T cells (T c 1) T-Bet + interferon gamma producing group 1 ILCs(ILC1 and Natural killer cells) CD4 + T H 1 Cells. It has been found in both mice and humans that the signature cytokines for these cells are interferon gamma and lymphotoxin alpha.

  8. Intrinsic and extrinsic properties - Wikipedia

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    In biology, intrinsic effects originate from inside an organism or cell, such as an autoimmune disease or intrinsic immunity. In electronics and optics , intrinsic properties of devices (or systems of devices) are generally those that are free from the influence of various types of non-essential defects. [ 3 ]

  9. Immunity (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    A representation of the cholera epidemic of the 19th century. For thousands of years mankind has been intrigued with the causes of disease and the concept of immunity. The prehistoric view was that disease was caused by supernatural forces, and that illness was a form of theurgic punishment for "bad deeds" or "evil thoughts" visited upon the soul by the gods or by one's enemies. [8]