immune response
noun
: a bodily response to an antigen that occurs when lymphocytes identify the antigenic molecule as foreign and induce the formation of antibodies and lymphocytes capable of reacting with it and rendering it harmless
called also immune reaction
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Studies show that most fevers are actually integral to effective immune responses.
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Antioxidant-rich foods play a major part in calming inflammation, neutralizing free radicals and suppressing the body’s pro-inflammatory processes for a more harmonic immune response.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 June 2024
The discovery may come as a surprise to immunologists who assume that the strength of an immune response is governed by the immune system’s own set of regulatory mechanisms, said the immunobiologist Ruslan Medzhitov of Yale University, who was not involved in the study.
—Esther Landhuis, Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2024
But preliminary results announced in 2021 from a Phase 1 trial found that 35 of 36 study participants produced an initial immune response to a candidate vaccine targeted toward B cells with the potential to produce broad responses.
—Annalisa Merelli and Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 17 May 2024
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Antioxidant-rich foods play a major part in calming inflammation, neutralizing free radicals and suppressing the body’s pro-inflammatory processes for a more harmonic immune response.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 June 2024
The discovery may come as a surprise to immunologists who assume that the strength of an immune response is governed by the immune system’s own set of regulatory mechanisms, said the immunobiologist Ruslan Medzhitov of Yale University, who was not involved in the study.
—Esther Landhuis, Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2024
But preliminary results announced in 2021 from a Phase 1 trial found that 35 of 36 study participants produced an initial immune response to a candidate vaccine targeted toward B cells with the potential to produce broad responses.
—Annalisa Merelli and Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 17 May 2024
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“Immune response.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immune%20response. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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