immune molecule

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• immune system — Anat. a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system… …   Universalium

• Immune system — A scanning electron microscope image of a single neutrophil (yellow), engulfing anthrax bacteria (orange). An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and… …   Wikipedia

• immune system disorder — Introduction        Disorders of the immune systemany of various failures in the body s defense mechanisms against infectious organisms (see table (Disorders of the immune system)). Disorders of immunity include immune deficiency diseases, such… …   Universalium

• Immune response — Any reaction by the immune system. * * * immune response n a bodily response to an antigen that occurs when lymphocytes identify the antigenic molecule as foreign and induce the formation of antibodies and lymphocytes capable of reacting with it… …   Medical dictionary

• immune response — noun Date: 1953 a bodily response to an antigen that occurs when lymphocytes identify the antigenic molecule as foreign and induce the formation of antibodies and lymphocytes capable of reacting with it and rendering it harmless called also… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Adaptive immune system — The adaptive immune system is composed of highly specialized, systemic cells and processes that eliminate or prevent pathogenic challenges. Thought to have arisen in the first jawed vertebrates, the adaptive or specific immune system is activated …   Wikipedia

• Damage associated molecular pattern molecule — Damage associated molecular pattern molecules [DAMPs] derived molecules can initiate and perpetuate immune response in the noninfectious inflammatory response. They serve as the “Signal 0” similar to pathogen associated molecular pattern… …   Wikipedia

• T-cell-mediated immune response — T cellular immune response The synthesis of antigen specific T cell receptors and the development of killer T cells in response to an encounter of immune system cells with an unrecognized immunogenic molecule …   Glossary of Biotechnology

• T-cellular immune response — T cell mediated immune response The synthesis of antigen specific T cell receptors and the development of killer T cells in response to an encounter of immune system cells with an unrecognized immunogenic molecule …   Glossary of Biotechnology

• APC8015 — Immune system cells that are collected from a patient with prostate cancer and treated in the laboratory with a molecule found on prostate cells. The treated cells are being studied for their ability to stimulate the immune system to kill… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• IAM — immune adhesion molecule; Institute of Aviation Medicine; internal auditory meatus …   Medical dictionary