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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

Peterson MM, Mack JL, Hall PR, et al. (December 2008). "Apolipoprotein B Is an innate barrier against invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection". Cell Host & Microbe...

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...

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

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

immunity, indicates a malfunction in the innate immune system. In this view, the chronic inflammation of Crohn's is caused when the adaptive immune system...

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...

Artificial Immune Systems was edited by Dasgupta in 1999. Currently, new ideas along AIS lines, such as danger theory and algorithms inspired by the innate immune...

generation of polymeric peptidoglycan fragments and muropeptides. Innate immune system senses intact peptidoglycan and peptidoglycan fragments using numerous...

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

Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are the most recently discovered family of innate immune cells, derived from common lymphoid progenitors (CLPs). In response...

prevent self-fertilization. Such functions are all carried out by the innate immune system, which employs evolutionarily conserved pattern recognition receptors...

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

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...

white blood cells in humans. They form an essential part of the innate immune system, with their functions varying in different animals. They are formed...

a pathological reaction in humans and other animals in which the innate immune system causes an uncontrolled and excessive release of pro-inflammatory...

The cGAS–STING pathway is a component of the innate immune system that functions to detect the presence of cytosolic DNA and, in response, trigger expression...