Sentences with phrase «perceived foreign substances»

Inflammatory bowel disease results when your dog's immune system overreacts to combat perceived foreign substances in his gastrointestinal tract.

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What this means is that they are accepted by the body as natural, unlike synthetic hormones which can be rejected when the body perceives them to be foreign substances or toxins.

The immune system is responsible for protecting the body from various foreign viruses and bacteria, but an asthmatics» immune system perceives certain substances and allergens as big threats and activates an exaggerated response, thus triggering an asthma attack.

Antibodies themselves are highly specific proteins which are utilised by the immune system to locate and attack foreign objects to fight off the molecules, as they are perceived as «antigens», and antigens are substances which are capable of triggering the production of antibodies.