Definitions for immune response
im·mune re·sponse

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1. immune response, immune reaction, immunologic responsenoun

   a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen

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1. immune responsenoun

   The body's integrated response to an antigen, mediated by lymphocytes.

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1. Immune response

   An immune response is a reaction which occurs within an organism for the purpose of defending against foreign invaders. These invaders include a wide variety of different microorganisms including viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi which could cause serious problems to the health of the host organism if not cleared from the body. There are two distinct aspects of the immune response, the innate and the adaptive, which work together to protect against pathogens. The innate branch—the body's first reaction to an invader—is known to be a non-specific and quick response to any sort of pathogen. Components of the innate immune response include physical barriers like the skin and mucous membranes, immune cells such as neutrophils, macrophages, and monocytes, and soluble factors including cytokines and complement. On the other hand, the adaptive branch is the body's immune response which is catered against specific antigens and thus, it takes longer to activate the components involved. The adaptive branch include cells such as dendritic cells, T cell, and B cells as well as antibodies—also known as immunoglobulins—which directly interact with antigen and are a very important component for a strong response against an invader.The first contact that an organism has with a particular antigen will result in the production of effector T and B cells which are activated cells that defend against the pathogen. The production of these effector cells as a result of the first-time exposure is called a primary immune response. Memory T and memory B cells are also produced in the case that the same pathogen enters the organism again. If the organism does happen to become re-exposed to the same pathogen, a secondary immune response will kick in and the immune system will be able to respond in both a fast and strong manner because of the memory cells from the first exposure. Vaccines introduce a weakened, killed, or fragmented microorganism in order to evoke a primary immune response. This is so that in the case that an exposure to the real pathogen occurs, the body can rely on the secondary immune response to quickly defend against it.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of immune response in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of immune response in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of immune response in a Sentence

1. Chuan Qin:

   Because of the similar immune response of [nonhuman primates] and human beings, [nonhuman primate] models are better to evaluate vaccines than other animals.

2. Emily Erbelding:

   Usually, you want to follow their immune response for at least a year.

3. Katherine Kedzierska:

   We showed that even though COVID-19 is caused by a new virus, in an otherwise healthy person, a robust immune response across different cell types was associated with clinical recovery, similar to what we see in influenza.

4. Jeffrey Burns:

   This multisystem inflammatory syndrome is not directly caused by the virus, the leading hypothesis is that it is due to the immune response of the patient.

5. Connie Lehman:

   It incites an immune response by the body that is necessary to fight off the Covid-19 virus, should it enter a person's body, so these enlarged lymph nodes are evidence that the vaccine is doing exactly what our bodies need it to do.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=immune response
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Immune_Response
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_Response