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host defense

Known as: Host Defense Mechanism, defences host, defenses host 
Host Defenses against pathology include physical barriers to pathogens, immediate nonspecific and constitutive (innate) defenses, specific inducible… 
National Institutes of Health

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Acid-Base EquilibriumActivation of Membrane Attack ComplexBECN1 protein, humanBECN1 wt Allele

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) does not confer a resistance advantage on mice against low-dose aerosol infection with virulent type A Francisella tularensis.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Fcgamma receptor IIA and IIIB polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to cerebral malaria.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha is a critical mediator of host defense against invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in neutropenic hosts.
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a devastating complication of immunosuppression that usually occurs in neutropenic patients… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Fully mobilizing host defense: Building better vaccines
Developments in methods for identifying antigens from infectious agents and cancers has provided exciting new opportunities in… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Ancient origin of the complement lectin pathway revealed by molecular cloning of mannan binding protein-associated serine protease from a urochordate, the Japanese ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi.
Recent identification of a C3-like gene in sea urchins revealed the presence of a complement system in invertebrates. To… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The mouse genome encodes a single homolog of the antimicrobial peptide human β‐defensin 1
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effect of two-chambered bicarbonate lactate-buffered peritoneal dialysis fluids on peripheral blood mononuclear cell and polymorphonuclear cell function in vitro.
Review
1989
Review
1989
Modulation of protein kinase C and diverse cell functions by sphingosine--a pharmacologically interesting compound linking sphingolipids and signal transduction.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Subversion of host defense mechanisms by murine tumors. II. Counter- influence of concomitant antitumor immunity
Subcutaneous injection of murine tumor cells first resulted in a state of severely suppressed macrophage-mediated antibacterial… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Immunoglobulins in human tears.
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