Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in: Encyclopedic Reference of Immunotoxicology

Editor list: Vohr, HW

Publication year: 2007

Pages: 34-75

ISBN: 978-3-540-44172-4

eISBN: 978-3-540-27806-1

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27806-0_749

Abstract: 

Immune response is the process of recognition of potentially harmful agents by specialized cells of the immune system, initiated by a rapid activation of the innate arm of immunity in a process known as  acute inflammation. Subsequently, the adaptive immune response is triggered in order to provide means of amplifying innate mechanisms and to develop an immunological memory. Harmful agents may be microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and helminths, and also tumour cells. Both arms of  immunity-the innate and adaptive responses-involve soluble factors (humoral immunity) and immune competent cells (cellular immunity) as summarized in Table 1.

Harvard Citation style: Martin, M. and Resch, K. (2007) Immune Response, in Vohr, H. (ed.) Encyclopedic Reference of Immunotoxicology. Berlin: Springer, pp. 34-75. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27806-0_749

APA Citation style: Martin, M., & Resch, K. (2007). Immune Response. In Vohr, H. (Ed.), Encyclopedic Reference of Immunotoxicology (pp. 34-75). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27806-0_749