Sentences with phrase «between innate immunity»

Moir and Tanzi decided to explore the connection between innate immunity and Alzheimer's disease.

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The gene expression similarities between this common condition and the current findings in late - stage RP suggest that the canine RP models could serve as stand - ins to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmaceutical interventions that target innate immunity pathways in AMD

By 2008, when Moir stumbled on the parallels between amyloid - beta and LL - 37, Tanzi had discovered additional genes associated with Alzheimer's that were also related to innate immunity, the part of the human immune system that is shared with worms, flies, spiders and other primitive creatures.

By showing that ligands associated with innate immunity enable dendritic cells to initiate T cell responses, this work provided the key missing link between the innate and adaptive immune responses.