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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 [[:Category:Adaptive Immune System|adaptive]] system.  While the adaptive system is essential for a specific response to infection, it is ultimately the innate system that conquers foreign attackers by means of phagocytosis.   

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 [[:Category:Adaptive Immune System|adaptive]] system.  While the adaptive system is essential for a specific response to infection, it is ultimately the innate system that conquers foreign attackers by means of [[Phagocytosis|phagocytosis]].   

* Non-specific protective mechanisms include such innate factors as:  

* Non-specific protective mechanisms include such innate factors as:  

*** Interferons

*** Interferons

** [[Innate Immunity Cellular Responses|'''Cellular mechanisms''']]

** [[Innate Immunity Cellular Responses|'''Cellular mechanisms''']]

*** [[Phagocytosis]]

*** [[Phagocytosis|Phagocytosis]]

** Factors which regulate '''species specificity'''

** Factors which regulate '''species specificity'''

*** Membrane receptors for pathogens

*** Membrane receptors for pathogens