Linkages of innate and adaptive immunity
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Michael C Caroll; Andrey P Prodeus
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The innate immune system is activated by pathogens or environmental antigens following their binding by recognition molecules such as mannan-binding lectin, C-reactive protein and the mannose receptor. Natural antibody, which represents a collection of germline-encoded antigen recognition molecules,