Immune Response
Of fungus, bacteria and reaction. May also be referred to as immune reaction and immunologic response.
A bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen.
This concept's ID is @1~4466
Contains
- anamnestic response
Renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter...
- humoral immune response
An immune response (chiefly against bacterial invasion) that is mediated...
- cell-mediated immune response
An immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted...
- complement fixation
An immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement...
- complement
One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.