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Immune system

The immune system is primarily formed by the innate immune system which we are born with, and the adaptive immune system which learns how to fight pathogens (for example from vaccines, or infections we contract).

Immune system dysfunction including low natural killer cell function and autoimmunity are thought to contribute to the symptoms of ME. (more...)

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Topics

• Autoimmune disease
• Adaptive immune system
• Autoantibody
• Cell-mediated immunity
• Immune system
• Influenza vaccine
• Lymphatic system
• Mast cell activation syndrome
• Natural killer cell
• Nitric oxide hypothesis
• Sjögren's syndrome

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• Antibodies
• Autoantibodies
• Clusters of differentiation
• Cytokines
• Glycoproteins
• Immune cells
• Immunomodulators
• Immunostimulants
• Toll-like receptors

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