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Portal:Immune system/Intro
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
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...)
