The Immune System: The War Inside You
In short: The human immune system functions as a trained army of cells, tissues, and organs designed to detect and eliminate harmful insults.
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Sources used in this film: National Institute of General Medical Sciences, “What Is the Immune System? | National Institute of General Medical Sciences”; Harvard University, “Immunology - Harvard University”; PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “V(D)J recombination, somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination of immunoglobulins: mechanism and regulation”; Nature, “VDJ recombination | Nature Reviews Immunology”; PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Memory Cells in Infection and Autoimmunity: Mechanisms, Functions, and Therapeutic Implications”; PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Immunological memory to vaccines”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Editorial: Autoimmune diseases: from molecular mechanisms to therapy development”.
Sources used in this film
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences — What Is the Immune System? | National Institute of General Medical Sciences · View →
- Harvard University — Immunology - Harvard University · View →
- PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — V(D)J recombination, somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination of immunoglobulins: mechanism and regulation · View →
- Nature — VDJ recombination | Nature Reviews Immunology · View →
- PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Memory Cells in Infection and Autoimmunity: Mechanisms, Functions, and Therapeutic Implications · View →
- PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Immunological memory to vaccines · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Editorial: Autoimmune diseases: from molecular mechanisms to therapy development · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Institute of General Medical Sciences: What Is the Immune System? | National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Also: Harvard University: Immunology - Harvard University
- Also: V(D)J recombination, somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination of immunoglobulins: mechanism and regulation
- Also: Nature: VDJ recombination | Nature Reviews Immunology
- Also: PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Memory Cells in Infection and Autoimmunity: Mechanisms, Functions, and Therapeutic Implications
- Also: PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Immunological memory to vaccines
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Editorial: Autoimmune diseases: from molecular mechanisms to therapy development
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