Adaptive immunity: A collective term for the long-lasting and specific response of lymphocytes to antigens.
Adaptive Immunity
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For the activation of the adaptive immune response, phagocytosis is a necessary activation step.
Includes phagocytic (cells that eat other cells) macrophages and dendritic cells. Adaptive immunity Protection that arises by an immune response, including humoral immunity producing antibodies and cellular immunity.
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PtdIns3P and PtdIns3P-dependent processes represent an important cellular nexus where fundamental trafficking processes, disease causing host-pathogen interactions, and innate and adaptive immunity defense mechanisms meet.
 See also: Cell, Cells, Trans, Action, Antigens
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