Sentences with phrase «adaptive immune system which»

Kiwi contributes favorably to the regulation of the innate and adaptive immune system which is very critical for the healthy functioning of the body.

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Sian says: «As well the part of our immune system known as «innate immunity», the body also has processes in place called «adaptive immunity» which is when the body recognises a virus it has encountered before and initiates a response.

The molecule in question, known as beta - 2 microglobulin, or B2M, is a component of a larger molecule called MHC I (major histocompatibility complex class I), which plays a major role in the adaptive immune system.

T cells, along with B cells and others, comprise the adaptive arm of the immune system, the body's second line of defense which quickly attacks and «remembers» specific pathogens.

The long - chain lipoproteins on S. aureus led to a considerably reduced immune response, both in the innate and the adaptive immune system; while the short - chain lipoproteins on S. carnosus set off an immune response which was almost ten times stronger.

A healthy gut depends on a balance of inflammatory and tolerant T cells, which make up part of the adaptive immune system.

They lavished their attention, instead, on the more advanced adaptive immune system, which can marshal antibodies and other weaponry that identify and then target an intruder with a specificity lacking in the untamed innate system.

«In addition, many of the high - frequency sequences span genes involved in the immune system, which is a frequent target of adaptive evolution.»

Until now, most researchers have focused on one of two strategies: attacking tumors with antibodies, which activate the innate immune system, or stimulating T cells, which form the backbone of the adaptive immune system.

The researchers are investigating an adaptive immune system, termed CRISPR - Cas, which is found in half of all bacterial species and in almost all single - celled microbes in the archaea domain.

To survive, the microbes deploy an adaptive nucleic acid - based immune system that revolves around a genetic element known as CRISPR, which stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats.

«We think this is how multicellular organisms eliminated cancer before the development of the adaptive immune system, which is about 500 million years old,» he said.

«We're taking what Mother Nature has given us in terms of molecules and antibodies, and we're leapfrogging the adaptive immune system, which is not very effective against HIV,» he says.

To measure how well a person's immune system is functioning, Dr. Maharaj uses a sophisticated blood test to examine innate and adaptive parts of the body's protection system which includes more than 100 cellular markers.

Immune Regenerative Medicine is the field of medicine which encompasses numerous strategies used to improve the body's healing response in restoring the cells and function of the innate and adaptive immune system.

Antibodies are a key component of the adaptive immune system — the branch of the immune system which specifically recognises a foreign organism.

This arm of the immune system instructs the «learned» or adaptive system, which employs B cells and T cells to build antibodies that continues to re-recognize the offending agent.