Humoral immunity
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humoral immunity
(hyoo-mur-al)
The type of immunity that fights bacteria and viruses in body fluids with antibodies that circulate in blood plasma and lymph, fluids formerly called humors.
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humoral immunity The type of immunity that results from the presence of antibodies that are soluble in blood and lymph.
Antibody-mediated (humoral immunity)
Antibody-mediated (humoral) immunity is regulated by B cells and the antibodies they produce. Cell-mediated immunity is controlled by T cells.
Many scientists are examining strategies for generating cellular and humoral immunity; for example, live non-pathogenic bacteria or viruses can be engineered to express HIV antigens.
B cells: A major family of small lymphocytes that are responsible for antigen-specific humoral immunity as part of the adaptive immunity. Their antigen receptors are surface immunoglobulins (antibodies).
antibody-mediated immunity. Antibodies, dissolved in blood, lymph, and other body fluids bind the antigen and trigger a response to it. (This form of immunity is also called humoral immunity.)
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of two main defenses evolved by vertebrates in their constant struggle to defend the body against the steady stream of microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens) that invade it. The body's other main defense is humoral immunity, ...
antibody-mediated immunity Immune reaction that protects primarily against invading viruses and bacteria through antibodies produced by plasma cells; also known as humoral immunity.
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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 See also: Organ, Antibodies, Cells, Molecule, Trans
  
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