adaptive immunity

collocation in English

meaningsofadaptiveandimmunity

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withimmunity.
adaptive
adjective
uk
/əˈdæp.tɪv/us
/əˈdæp.tɪv/
having an ability to change to suit ...
See more atadaptive
immunity
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈmjuː.nə.ti/us
/ɪˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/
a situation in which you are protected against disease or from ...
See more atimmunity

(Definition ofadaptiveandimmunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadaptive immunity

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
The immune response to any invading microorganism can be divided into innate andadaptiveimmunity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this sense, these cytokines bridge both innate andadaptiveimmunity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These findings unite innate andadaptiveimmunitywithin the realm of cancer immunology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The innate immunity takes the shape of a chronic, low-grade, inflammatory status, while theadaptiveimmunityis characterized by an exhaustion of the clonotypical immunity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Activated innate immunity interconnects downstream withadaptiveimmunityin complex feedback regulatory loops.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Cell surface molecules that interact with other cells or extracellular matrix to promote cell migration and activation (also inadaptiveimmunity).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Using nude mice, which have severely compromisedadaptiveimmunityand allow grafting of foreign tissues, fresh haemangioma tissue from a single patient was implanted subcutaneously into 16 mice.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Translocated transcription factors activate expression of interferons and, and secreted interferons initiate antiviral responses includingadaptiveimmunity.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The collaboration was focused on proprietary novel glycosides that stimulate innate immunity while taking advantage of the synergistic effects between innate andadaptiveimmunity.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The basis ofadaptiveimmunitylies in the capacity of immune cells to distinguish between the body's own cells and infectious pathogens.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate the immune system of an individual to developadaptiveimmunityto a disease.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It has been implicated as an essential immune chaperone to regulate both innate andadaptiveimmunity.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
According to danger theory there is noadaptiveimmunitywithout the innate part.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Toll-like receptors have also been shown to be an important link between innate andadaptiveimmunitythrough their presence in dendritic cells.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These cells proved to be the missing link between innate andadaptiveimmunity.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Evolution ofadaptiveimmunity: implications of a third lymphocyte lineage in lampreys.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
By school age most children have developed efficaciousadaptiveimmunityagainst malaria.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Tumor growth inhibition correlates with infiltration of immune cells in tumors and induction ofadaptiveimmunity.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
C5a has chemotactic and anaphylatoxic properties, it is essential in the innate immunity but it is also linked with theadaptiveimmunity.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It is a key regulator in humoral andadaptiveimmunity.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofadaptive
Go to the definition ofimmunity
See other collocations withimmunity