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Innate Immune System - Introduction (view source)
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, 16:07, 13 August 2010Created page with "The Innate immune system is the body's first barrier of defence to infection. It relies on an older, more generic, and faster acting set of tools than the [[Adaptive Immune Syste..."
The Innate immune system is the body's first barrier of defence to infection. It relies on an older, more generic, and faster acting set of tools than the [[Adaptive Immune System - WikiBlood|adaptive]] system. While the adaptive system is essential for a specific response to infection, it is ultimately the innate system that conquers foreign attackers through means of phagocytosis.
* Non-specific protective mechanisms include such innate factors as:
** [[Innate Immunity Barriers|'''Physical barriers''']]
*** Skin
*** Ciliated mucous membranes
*** Commensal organisms
** [[Humoral Factors of Innate Immune System|'''Humoral factors''']]
*** Lysozyme
*** [[Complement|Complement]]
*** Interferons
** [[[[Innate Immunity Cellular Responses|'''Cellular mechanisms''']]
*** [[Phagocytosis]]
** Factors which regulate '''species specificity'''
*** Membrane receptors for pathogens
*** Nutritional requirements
*** Temperature
*** pH
* Mechanisms of innate immunity are always present and generally unchanging
* Adaptive immunity is acquired only on contact with the infectious agent (antigen) and therefore does not function before first contact with the antigen
==Links==
'''Websites'''
*http://www.cellsalive.com
[[Category:Innate Immune System]]
* Non-specific protective mechanisms include such innate factors as:
** [[Innate Immunity Barriers|'''Physical barriers''']]
*** Skin
*** Ciliated mucous membranes
*** Commensal organisms
** [[Humoral Factors of Innate Immune System|'''Humoral factors''']]
*** Lysozyme
*** [[Complement|Complement]]
*** Interferons
** [[[[Innate Immunity Cellular Responses|'''Cellular mechanisms''']]
*** [[Phagocytosis]]
** Factors which regulate '''species specificity'''
*** Membrane receptors for pathogens
*** Nutritional requirements
*** Temperature
*** pH
* Mechanisms of innate immunity are always present and generally unchanging
* Adaptive immunity is acquired only on contact with the infectious agent (antigen) and therefore does not function before first contact with the antigen
==Links==
'''Websites'''
*http://www.cellsalive.com
[[Category:Innate Immune System]]