INNATE IMMUNE RECOGNITION
โ Scribed by Janeway, Charles A.; Medzhitov, Ruslan
- Book ID
- 111939573
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0732-0582
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## Innate immunity Innate (or nonadaptive) immune responses to pathogens are less specific but no less important than classical T-cell and B-cell responses to pathogens. The key cellular players in the innate immune system are the macrophages and neutrophils which are the professional phagocytes.
## Innate immunity The innate immune response is the first line of defence against pathogens. Phagocyte recognition and uptake of pathogens involves pattern-recognition molecules such as the macrophage mannose receptor, scavenger receptors and a recently identified family of molecules, the Toll-lik