After an initial acute disease state, that is kept in check by host immune response, bacteria as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus can establish persistent infections and colonize the host by
evading immune surveillance.
Interestingly tumor cells, whilst not allogeneic, are in many cases both «altered - self» and immunogenic but often actively modulate immune responsiveness to
evade immune surveillance 76.
«This pathway enables multiple tumor types to
evade immune surveillance.
Building on each other's work, the five award recipients demonstrated how this normal self - defense mechanism can be hijacked by tumors as a way to
evade immune surveillance and dodge an attack.
Not exact matches
In other words, bacterial prions, could boost bacteria's ability to cause disease,
evade immune system
surveillance and elude drugs.