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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… 
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2004
2004
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important element of host defense, a central component of innate immunity, and an effective antimicrobial… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Multiple organ failure, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome are problems of… 
1993
1993
"Hepatic Regulation of Systemic Host Defense and Its Derangement in Multiple Systems Organ Dysfunction and Failure, George M… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Following birth, the gastrointestinal tract of the newborn undergoes important adaptive changes to the extrauterine environment… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
IgA antibodies produced by plasma cells in secretory tissues associated with mucosal surfaces represent a major host defense… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Kupffer cells are well known to be important for normal host defense function. The development of methods to evaluate the in vivo… 
1986
1986
Activated polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) release lysosomal enzymes and toxic oxygen-free radicals into their immediate… 
1982
1982
The effects of simultaneous exposure to ozone (O3) and sulfuric acid [H2SO4, 0.23 microns volume median diameter (VMD)] and a… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Pulmonary infection is a leading cause of death in patients with smoke inhalation; however, few studies have evaluated the… 
1978
1978
: Studies were conducted in young guinea pigs to determine the effects of malnutrition on selected variables of host resistance…