Comments on: Innate immune defenses

By: Hiba

Hiba — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:14:00 +0000

wow amazing how our body works makes you mediate upon the greatness of the creator

By: Rjval23

Rjval23 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:08:00 +0000

I have to write a paper on the immune system and how it protects the body from a respiratory Virus (RNA virus) and set of reactions that pertain to the infection…. its for a Micro class… Can anyone help me plz…. paper is due by next Thursday… haven’t started it.. I’ve read a lot about the immune system and understand it… How do I put all this info in my own words so I dont plagiarize :(

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reverse phone lookup — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:23:00 +0000

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By: תאים קפיטליסטים חזיריים ומאבטחים בשכר מינימום | מגירה 2.0

תאים קפיטליסטים חזיריים ומאבטחים בשכר מינימום | מגירה 2.0 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:40:07 +0000

[...] הנהדר של חוקר הנגיפים פרופ' רקוניאלו ובו הרשומות Innate immune defenses וכן Adaptive immune defenses וכן רשומות נוספות בנושאי מערכת [...]

By: C1q and the collectins

C1q and the collectins — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:37:22 +0000

[...] There is a binding site for C1q on the Fc portion of antibody molecules. C1q can also recognize molecular patterns characteristic of pathogens, much like the Toll-like receptors. [...]

By: The inflammatory response

The inflammatory response — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:51:58 +0000

[...] the earliest stages of a virus infection, cytokines are produced when innate immune defenses are activated. The rapid release of cytokines at the site of infection initiates new responses with [...]

By: A viral protease interferes with interferon

A viral protease interferes with interferon — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:52:26 +0000

[...] are known to evade the early, or innate, host defenses by interfering with the sensing of infection, production of IFN, and synthesis and activity of [...]

By: profvrr

profvrr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:15:08 +0000

There are probably some similarities, except that language (in my primitive view) is more complex. Innate recognition seems to be based on a few relatively simple 'patterns' in molecules.

By: profvrr

profvrr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:13:57 +0000

Brilliant strategy, it shows how selection pressures can force the evolution of amazing mechanisms.

By: profvrr

profvrr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:15:08 +0000

There are probably some similarities, except that language (in my primitive view) is more complex. Innate recognition seems to be based on a few relatively simple 'patterns' in molecules.

By: profvrr

profvrr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:13:57 +0000

Brilliant strategy, it shows how selection pressures can force the evolution of amazing mechanisms.

By: Interferons and secondary pneumonia after influenza

Interferons and secondary pneumonia after influenza — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:38:24 +0000

[...] that we have discussed influenza pathogenesis in humans and the innate immune defenses, we can tackle the conclusion that type I IFN mediates the development of secondary [...]

By: Racaniello: Innate immune defenses | Swine Flu Daily Update

Racaniello: Innate immune defenses | Swine Flu Daily Update — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:45:25 +0000

[...] Vincent Racaniello, who runs virology blog, has an excellent post today: Innate immune defenses. He's one of the clearest writers I know on such [...]

By: Matt Dubuque

Matt Dubuque — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:11:19 +0000

Are there formal similarities between how innate defenses recognize foreign viruses and how “meaning” is extracted from written language?

By: Michael_Day

Michael_Day — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:54:48 +0000

When I first started studying reovirus as a postdoc, I was absolutely blown away when I began to look into the transcription “strategy” of reovirus: a transcriptase complex poised at each of the icosahedral fivefold axes of the viral core, which protects the dsRNA genome, never exposing the dsRNA to the cytoplasm. The mRNA transcripts are extruded from the viral core and emerge complete with a 5' cap! What a beautiful, little (and sneaky) machine.

By: profvrr

profvrr — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:58:13 +0000

Glad to hear you like it. I'm keeping everything in very short,
digestible pieces. That way we can cover more, and it's easy to read.
Long explanations are too intimidating to people who don't have much
time. I know it's a bit complex for some, but they are welcome to ask
questions. And they can always read more in my textbook!

By: phytosleuth

phytosleuth — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:51:36 +0000

This info is just so awesome. Thanks so much for taking the time to put it up and do it in simple, short bits. While it might be over the head of some folks, lots of people have taken biochem and other science courses, even though we might have forgotten a lot of it. Your posts bring it back and I remember again…amazingly enough! Gotta love those cytokines.