cell-mediated immunity

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immunity
noun[U]
uk
/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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Decreasedcell-mediatedimmunityin patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
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This suggests that activecell-mediatedimmunityin the low iron group was down-regulated.
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Therefore, secondary type responses andcell-mediatedimmunityare not seen and protection against invasive infection is mediated solely via antibodies.
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A disorder ofcell-mediatedimmunityis postulated, but the underlying aetiology remains unknown.
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The literature on smoking andcell-mediatedimmunitysuggests that smoking is likely to lower reactivity to tuberculin.
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The trigger for reactivation is poorly understood but appears to depend on a decline incell-mediatedimmunity.
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Acute stress enhances while chronic stress suppressescell-mediatedimmunityin vivo : a potential role for leucocyte trafficking.
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Neopterin measurement provides evidence of alteredcell-mediatedimmunityin patients with depression, but not with schizophrenia.
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Cell-mediatedimmunitymay also be involved.
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Cell-mediatedimmunityis directed primarily at microbes that survive in phagocytes and microbes that infect non-phagocytic cells.
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For example, iron deficiency anemia is thought to cause depressedcell-mediatedimmunity.
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It is believed to enhance both humoral andcell-mediatedimmunity.
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Strengtheningcell-mediatedimmunityoffers another possible route to success.
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During this phase, the virus can not be easily detected within the host, and vaccination may still confercell-mediatedimmunityto prevent symptomatic rabies.
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Recent research suggests that there is a defect incell-mediatedimmunitythat causes susceptibility to leprosy.
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