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  • Thumbnail for Immune system
    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...
    119 KB (13,493 words) - 21:05, 21 May 2024
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    The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. It can be managed with treatment. Without treatment it can lead...
    205 KB (21,119 words) - 04:23, 27 May 2024
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    is a condition that results from an anomalous response of the adaptive immune system, wherein it mistakenly targets and attacks healthy, functioning parts...
    63 KB (6,884 words) - 14:59, 23 May 2024
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    cells (scientific name leukocytes), also called immune cells or immunocytes, are cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against...
    32 KB (3,210 words) - 08:10, 20 May 2024
  • disease by activating or suppressing the immune system. Immunotherapies designed to elicit or amplify an immune response are classified as activation immunotherapies...
    57 KB (5,886 words) - 06:33, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
    risk are not known. ME/CFS is associated with changes in the nervous and immune systems, as well as in energy production. Diagnosis is based on symptoms...
    107 KB (11,367 words) - 18:58, 29 May 2024
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    Antibody (redirect from Immune globulin)
    proteins belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily which are used by the immune system to identify and neutralize antigens such as bacteria and viruses...
    118 KB (13,262 words) - 20:09, 22 May 2024
  • Immunodeficiency, also known as immunocompromisation, is a state in which the immune system's ability to fight infectious diseases and cancer is compromised...
    23 KB (2,195 words) - 15:01, 26 May 2024
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    is an undesirable and adverse immune response to antigen. It is an abnormality in the immune system that causes immune diseases including allergies and...
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  • Thumbnail for Adaptive immune system
    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...
    55 KB (6,950 words) - 02:50, 24 May 2024
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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...
    43 KB (4,797 words) - 16:14, 4 April 2024
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    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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    conditions of extreme stress associated with forced labor could depress the immune system of workers, therefore prolonging the primary acute infection period...
    108 KB (13,406 words) - 14:30, 30 April 2024
  • Humoral immunity is the aspect of immunity that is mediated by macromolecules – including secreted antibodies, complement proteins, and certain antimicrobial...
    17 KB (1,674 words) - 11:19, 9 May 2024
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    Cellular immunity, also known as cell-mediated immunity, is an immune response that does not rely on the production of antibodies. Rather, cell-mediated...
    14 KB (1,381 words) - 03:19, 4 May 2024
  • An immune response is a physiological reaction which occurs within an organism in the context of inflammation for the purpose of defending against exogenous...
    14 KB (1,834 words) - 12:56, 3 May 2024
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    immune factors, like signaling molecules, antibodies, and immune cells, into the CNS, thus insulating the brain from damage due to peripheral immune events...
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    Autoimmunity (redirect from Auto-immune)
    In immunology, autoimmunity is the system of immune responses of an organism against its own healthy cells, tissues and other normal body constituents...
    50 KB (5,851 words) - 20:37, 14 May 2024
  • biology, immunity is the state of being insusceptible or resistant to a noxious agent or process, especially a pathogen or infectious disease. Immunity may...
    30 KB (3,383 words) - 09:27, 23 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Embolic and thrombotic events after COVID-19 vaccination
    thrombotic events, termed vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT), thrombosis...
    52 KB (5,143 words) - 18:52, 30 April 2024
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