This educational review explains the complementary roles of innate and adaptive immunity, including barriers, phagocytes, lymphocytes, antibodies, cytokines, immunological memory, and disorders caused by excessive or insufficient responses. It is useful background for interpreting immunology studies, but it does not test beta-glucan, Aureobasidium pullulans, or a health intervention.
An educational overview of innate and adaptive immunity and their roles in health and immune-mediated disease.
Rapid innate defenses and antigen-specific adaptive responses work together, and dysregulation can contribute to inflammation, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, and hypersensitivity.
This is background immunology. It does not test beta-glucan, Aureobasidium pullulans, or any intervention.
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Marshall J., Warrington R., Watson W., Kim H.. An introduction to immunology and immunopathology. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology. 2018. DOI: 10.1186/s13223-018-0278-1.
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