immune defence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmuneanddefence
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immune
adjective
uk/ɪˈmjuːn/us/ɪˈmjuːn/
protected against a particular disease by particular substances in ...
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defence
noun
uk/dɪˈfens/us/dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
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(Definition ofimmuneanddefencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofimmune defence
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Viruses, bacteria, fungi and cancers evolve to be resistant to host immune defences, as well as pharmaceutical drugs.
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This requires that the parasite is able to circumvent its host'simmunedefence.
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This would suggest that males and females make different tradeoff decisions concerning how many resources to allocate to theirimmunedefence.
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The nature of metastatic disease therefore lends itself to the use of immunotherapeutic strategies that exploit the naturalimmunedefencemechanisms of the host to detect and destroy tumour cells.
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The first seven listings involveimmunedefencesystems which are of adaptive value to either the mammal (numbers 1-3) or the microbe (numbers 4-7).
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However, asimmunedefenceis costly, a more broad-spectrum defence reaction is also likely to be more costly, which could increase rather than decrease later infection.
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We found that infection doubled standing levels ofimmunedefencein the haemolymph (the constitutive pro-phenoloxidase system), which is used as a first, general defence against parasites.
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In this way, theimmunedefenceis weakened.
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Although they developed the infection due to theirimmunedefencesystem being weakened, they can nevertheless pass it on to others.
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We are now getting an inkling as to the disturbing long-term consequences of omnipresent waste from pesticides: cancers, endocrinal disorders, reduced male fertility, poorerimmunedefencesystems, behavioural problems.
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It is through the tegument that schistosomes regulate water and ion levels, absorb nutrients and engage the immune defences of the host.
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At that time, hisimmunedefencesystem fell from a level of 23 to 0, and then after 10 days it recovered to a level of 2.5.
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The role of prostaglandins in tick modulation of host immune defences needs to be definitively determined.
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In this section we will focus on saliva molecules that impact host immune defences.
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Altered host immune defences also provide an environment that is favourable for establishment of tick-transmitted infectious agents.
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Viruses, bacteria, fungi and cancers evolve to be resistant to host immune defences, as well as pharmaceutical drugs.
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Wikipedia
This structure, made from host tissue, protects them from the immune defences of the host.
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