The innate immune system or nonspecific immune system is one of the two main immunity strategies (the other being the adaptive immune system) in vertebrates...

the immune system. The innate immune system provides a preconfigured response to broad groups of situations and stimuli. The adaptive immune system provides...

acquired immune system is one of the two main immunity strategies found in vertebrates (the other being the innate immune system). Like the innate system, the...

of immunology. The immune system is divided into a more primitive innate immune system and an acquired or adaptive immune system of vertebrates, each...

Another special form of immune response is antitumor immunity. In general, there are two branches of the immune response, the innate and the adaptive, which...

The complement system, also known as complement cascade, is a part of the humoral, innate immune system and enhances (complements) the ability of antibodies...

components of the innate immune system include myeloid phagocytes, innate lymphoid cells (NK cells) and intraepithelial lymphocytes. Cellular immunity protects...

underlying tissues protected. Immune reactions within the cornea come from surrounding vascularized tissues as well as innate immune responsive cells that reside...

of the innate immune system in autoinflammatory diseases, whereas in autoimmune diseases there is a malfunction of the adaptive immune system. Symptoms...

antigen. Non-specific immune cells function in the first line of defense against infection or injury. The innate immune system is always present at the...