Sentences with phrase «rapid immune defense»

When the body detects a virus, cells release interferons, which mount a rapid immune defense.
This is compatible with a role for IL - 27 in dampening uncontrolled inflammation at later stages of the infection, while initially allowing for a rapid immune defense.

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Microglia — immune cells that act as the brain's first line of defense — initiate a rapid response to fibrinogen's arrival.
Macrophages are among the first layer of defense when pathogens invade the body, and their rapid response helps to prime our immune system for a secondary, durable immune response that is specifically targeted to the offending pathogens or cancer cells.
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