FOUNDATIONAL TERM
Innate immunity
先天免疫
Defence using barriers and pre-existing recognition mechanisms.
Study this concept in context
19 · Immunity and lymph: recognition, defence and tolerance
Immunity must respond to danger while limiting unnecessary injury. Lymphatic pathways connect fluid return, transport and encounters among immune cells, making defence organised and regulated.
Sources
- OpenStax: anatomy of the lymphatic and immune systems
- OpenStax: barrier defenses and the innate immune response
- OpenStax: the adaptive immune response t lymphocytes and their functional types
- OpenStax: the adaptive immune response b lymphocytes and antibodies
- OpenStax: diseases associated with depressed or overactive immune responses
- WHO: How do vaccines work?
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