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• Immune tolerance in pregnancy — or gestational/maternal immune tolerance is the absence of a maternal immune response against the fetus and placenta, which thus may be viewed as unusually successful allografts, since they genetically differ from the mother.[1] In the same way,… …   Wikipedia

• Immune tolerance — or immunological tolerance is the process by which the immune system does not attack an antigen.[1] It can be either natural or self tolerance , in which the body does not mount an immune response to self antigens, or induced tolerance , in which …   Wikipedia

• immune system — Anat. a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system… …   Universalium

• Immune system — A scanning electron microscope image of a single neutrophil (yellow), engulfing anthrax bacteria (orange). An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and… …   Wikipedia

• immune system disorder — Introduction        Disorders of the immune systemany of various failures in the body s defense mechanisms against infectious organisms (see table (Disorders of the immune system)). Disorders of immunity include immune deficiency diseases, such… …   Universalium

• immune globulin — noun a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response • Syn: ↑immunoglobulin, ↑Ig, ↑immune serum globulin, ↑immune gamma globulin • Hypernyms: ↑gamma globulin, ↑human gamma… …   Useful english dictionary

• immune serum globulin — noun a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response • Syn: ↑immunoglobulin, ↑Ig, ↑immune gamma globulin, ↑immune globulin • Hypernyms: ↑gamma globulin, ↑human gamma globulin, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• immune gamma globulin — noun a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response • Syn: ↑immunoglobulin, ↑Ig, ↑immune serum globulin, ↑immune globulin • Hypernyms: ↑gamma globulin, ↑human gamma globulin, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Innate immune system — See also: Immune system and Adaptive immune system Innate immune system The innate immune system, also known as non specific immune system and secondary line of defence,[1] comprises the cells and mechanisms that defend the host …   Wikipedia

• Adaptive immune system — The adaptive immune system is composed of highly specialized, systemic cells and processes that eliminate or prevent pathogenic challenges. Thought to have arisen in the first jawed vertebrates, the adaptive or specific immune system is activated …   Wikipedia

• Blood proteins — Blood proteins, also called serum proteins , are proteins found in blood plasma. Serum total protein in blood is 7g/dl, which in total makes 7% of total body weight. They serve many different functions, including *circulatory transport molecules… …   Wikipedia