humoral immunity

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immunity
noun[U]
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/ɪˈmjuː.nə.ti/us
/ɪˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/
a situation in which you are protected against disease or from ...
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(Definition ofimmunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The steps along the pathway of antigen recognition to effector molecule are, however, still imperfectly understood, as is its potency compared tohumoralimmunity.
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The vaccines that have been licensed to date appear to rely almost exclusively on the induction ofhumoralimmunityto attenuate and clear the infection.
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Therefore, they represent the only meaningful targets forhumoralimmunityagainst the virus and are the principal immunogens in many experimental vaccine preparations.
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Humoralimmunityand clinical reinfections following varicella vaccine in healthy children.
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In cryptosporidiosis, a decrease ofhumoralimmunitymay also cause important consequences with a drop in circulating specific antibody titres which may neutralise a cryptosporidial toxin with a pathophysiological role.
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In addition, there is clear evidence thathumoralimmunitydeclines with age, as evidenced by an impaired antibody response to the pneumococcal capsule,71 which would impair lung defences further.
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Mice lacking the c-rel proto-oncogene exhibit defects in lymphocyte proliferation,humoralimmunity, and interleukin-2 expression.
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In the context of vaccination, this suggests that pre-existinghumoralimmunitymight thwart outgrowth of neutralisation-sensitive strains and limit the rate of dissemination and magnitude of peak viraemia.
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Assay ofhumoralimmunityto mumps virus.
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For example, modern medicine refers tohumoralimmunityor humoral regulation when describing substances such as hormones and antibodies that circulate throughout the body.
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Like the innate system, the adaptive system includes bothhumoralimmunitycomponents and cell-mediated immunity components.
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By preventing the clonal expansion of lymphocytes in the induction phase of the immune response, it affects both the cell and thehumoralimmunity.
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Glucocorticoids also suppress thehumoralimmunity, thereby causing a humoral immune deficiency.
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Humoralimmunityis so named because it involves substances found in the humours, or body fluids.
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Humoralimmunityis active when the organism generates its own antibodies, and passive when antibodies are transferred between individuals.
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Thehumoralimmunityinstigated by infection with the wild type is thought to be a very common event.
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Although, the number of total lymphocytes is significantly higher than in adults, the cellular andhumoralimmunityis also impaired.
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They include bothhumoralimmunitycomponents and cell-mediated immunity components.
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Until this time, cell-mediated immunity andhumoralimmunitywere considered to be contending theories to explain effective immune response, but the former lagged behind owing to lack of advanced techniques.
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In many species, the immune system can be classified into subsystems, such as the innate immune system versus the adaptive immune system, orhumoralimmunityversus cell-mediated immunity.
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