immune surveillance

collocation in English

meaningsofimmuneandsurveillance

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immune
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmjuːn/us
/ɪˈmjuːn/
protected against a particular disease by particular substances in ...
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surveillance
noun[U]
uk
/səˈveɪ.ləns/us
/sɚˈveɪ.ləns/
the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or ...
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(Definition ofimmuneandsurveillancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am referring to immune response, recognition,immunesurveillance, immunologic learning, tolerance, foreign, repertoire, presentation, and of course the self.
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The liver contains a large resident and migratory population of lymphocytes and macrophages that provideimmunesurveillanceagainst foreign antigen.
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Immunesurveillancein the skin also plays an important role in protecting against skin cancer development.
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A balance is eventually struck between occasional viral reactivation and hostimmunesurveillanceremoving cells that activate viral gene expression.
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The lymphatic system is part of theimmunesurveillancesystem.
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The originalimmunesurveillancehypothesis proposed that tumor cells arise naturally and are normally eradicated by the immune system.
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The lymphatic system is part of the body'simmunesurveillancesystem.
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Apart from the mutagenesis, overexposure to sunlight depresses the local immune system, possibly decreasingimmunesurveillancefor new tumor cells.
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Phagocytosis is used inimmunesurveillanceand antigen presentation, while cell-type determination, cell sorting, and pattern formation are basic features of embryogenesis.
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Peyer's patches thus establish their importance in theimmunesurveillanceof the intestinal lumen and in facilitating the generation of the immune response within the mucosa.
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