Immune system

The immune system is the system of specialized cells and organs that protect an organism from outside biological influences.
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Immune system
The immune system is the collection of organs and tissues involved in the adaptive defense of a body against foreign biological material.
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Immune System Genes Reveal Surprises
Scientists analyzing the sequence of the longest (685-kb) continuous segment of human DNA published to date have uncovered powerful information about the human immune system that may help doctors prevent ...
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immune system One of the eleven major body organ systems in vertebrates; defends the internal environment against invading microorganisms and viruses and provides defense against the growth of cancer cells.
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Immune System
The immune system can recognize foreign cells and invaders (bacteria, viruses, etc.) because they have proteins and other structures that are different from the body's "self" markers.
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Immune System Overview
An overview of the specific immune system.
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immune system (AIDS)
Explain how a defective immune system will affect the body.
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The immune system relies on the prior formation of an incredibly diverse population of: ...
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In the vertebrate immune system, protein factors secreted by macrophages and helper T cells as regulators of neighboring cells.
cytokinesis
(sy-toh-kin-ee-sis) [Gk. kytos, vessel + kinesis, motion] ...
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An immunoglobulin protein produced by B- lymphocytes of the immune system that binds to a specific antigen molecule. (See monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies.) Anticodon.
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In mammals, leucocytes of the adaptive and innate immune systems must move from their sites of origin to sites of maturation, or to where they are deployed against the invasion of pathogens.
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A change in the types or amounts of a molecule on the cell surface of a pathogen that alters recognition by the host immune system. Antigenic variation can occur by altering a variety of surface molecules including proteins and carbohydrates.
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: The genetically programmed death of cells at specific times during embryonic morphogenesis and development, metamorphosis, and during cell turnover in adults including the maturation of T and B cells of the immune system.
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A process in which the body's immune system causes illness by mistakenly attacking healthy cells, organs, or tissues in the body that are essential for good health.
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This difference is used in the switching of immune system cells from the synthesis of membrane-bound IgM to the synthesis of secreted IgM. That switch results from the presence of two membrane-specific exons between the two signals (ref).
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The concept of using the immune system to treat disease, for example, developing a vaccine against cancer. Immunotherapy may also refer to the therapy of diseases caused by the immune system, allergies for example.
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immunology The study of the immune system. This study reveals the many phenomena that are responsible for both acquired and innate immunity.
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white blood cells that are members of the immune system
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row
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HumoralSystem the portion of the immune system consisting of B-cells which develop in bone marrow
(humor = fluid)
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lymphocytes: the white blood cells that are essential components of the immune system.
lysosome: an organelle within eukaryotic cells; a droplike sac filled with enzymes used for digestion within the cell.
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glycoprotein -- a membrane-bound protein which has attached branching carbohydrates. These may function in cell-cell recognition, such as in human blood groups and immune system response, as well as in resisting compression of cells.
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Vestigial does not mean useless, it means the structure is clearly a vestige of an structure inherited from ancestral organisms. Vestigial structures may acquire new functions. In humans, the appendix now houses some immune system cells.
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antibody A defense protein synthesized by the immune system of vertebrates. See also immunoglobulin. anticodon A specific sequence of three nucleotides in a tRNA, complementary to a codon for an amino acid in a mRNA.
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