Sentences with phrase «innate immune attack»

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He said that the most exciting arenas of immunology today include new strategies for vaccines and studies of regulatory T lymphocytes and the innate immune response, which is essentially the most general form of attacking pathogens.

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.

This specificity is surprising, because the innate immune system is a generic emergency responder — its attack machinery evolved to thwart a wide array of invaders.

The innate immune system refers to the front - line defenders — the cells and molecular mechanisms that attack pathogens.

The macrophages release cytokines that can activate more innate immune cells, readying them for attack on viruses or cancer cells, or they can activate the adaptive arm of immunity, priming it for clonal expansion.