immune system The body’s system of defenses against infective organisms or other foreign bodies invading the body. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: ...
The immune system is distinctive for being a distributed system. It is not fixed to a single localized organ in the body, but rather is made up of numerous specialized cell types that must adaptably organize their intercellular connections to respond to pathogens and other threats wherever they ...
concentrations and are more vulnerable to infection. Babies who grow poorly in utero may also have low concentrations. A diagram showingserum immunoglobulinconcentrations from pre-term to adulthood is shown inFigure 30.10. Term babies have different immune responsiveness from adults, as shown inTable ...
Here, we employ a single-cell multi-omics approach to study the dynamics of the innate and adaptive immune system responses in COVID-19, and explore the molecular mechanisms that contribute to disease progression. Our results show a dynamic type-1 interferon response across all cell types that ...
Furthermore, because many other proteins or nucleic acids can be biotinylated, the avidin-biotin affinity system is a versatile and powerful strategy for all kinds of pull-down reactions. Diagram for using biotinylated antibodies and strep...
The positions of the three sugar residues A, B and C that interact with the protein are indicated in the schematic diagram of the bisected oligosaccharide. (b) Mouse SIGNR1 with bound sialic acid [PDB 4C9F]. In both (a) and (b), the primary Ca2+ bound to the protein is shown as ...
For innate immune gene annotation, curators employ an internal annotation tool in the InnateDB curation system to associate relevant genes with publications that provide evidence of a role of a given gene in innate immunity. In addition to a link to the relevant publication(s), the curators ...
The development of single-cell detection platforms has enabled deep profiling of the heterogeneity of tumors and the immune system both within individual tumors and between patients [9, 10]. Genomic single-cell sequencing methods, which detect mutations at the DNA level, have been used to confirmed...
As schistosome adults begin to lay eggs, mostly 3 weeks after infection, Th2 immune response becomes dominant in the immune system. The overactive Th2 response can contribute to allergies and a variety of syndromes and even trig- ger autoimmune disease [9]. Many studies have demon- st...
Additional file 1: Gene uploading and validation process diagram. When a user uploads genes for annotation via the web interface the requested genes first pass through an extensive verification process. Only positively identified genes are transmitted to the annotation pipeline. At end of the process...