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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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Review
2015
Review
2015
Alcohol’s Effect on Host Defense
Alcohol affects many organs, including the immune system, with even moderate amounts of alcohol influencing immune responses… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
IFN-λ determines the intestinal epithelial antiviral host defense
Type I and type III IFNs bind to different cell-surface receptors but induce identical signal transduction pathways, leading to… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
The roles of IL‐17A in inflammatory immune responses and host defense against pathogens
Summary: T‐helper 17 (Th17) cells are a newly discovered CD4+ helper T‐cell subset that produces interleukin‐17A (IL‐17A) and IL… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A novel host defense system of airways is defective in cystic fibrosis.
RATIONALE The respiratory tract is constantly exposed to airborne microorganisms. Nevertheless, normal airways remain sterile… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Expanding the effector CD4 T-cell repertoire: the Th17 lineage.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Immunomodulatory Activities of Small Host Defense Peptides
ABSTRACT Recent studies have demonstrated that in addition to their antimicrobial activity, cationic host defense peptides, like… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Interleukin-18 and host defense against infection.
Interferon (IFN)-gamma-inducing factor was previously termed interleukin (IL)-18. Although IL-12 is also an IFN-gamma-inducing… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Leptin-Deficient Mice Exhibit Impaired Host Defense in Gram-Negative Pneumonia1
Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that is secreted in correlation with total body lipid stores. Serum leptin levels are… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Role of TNF-alpha in pulmonary host defense in murine invasive aspergillosis.
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a common and devastating complication of immunosuppression, whose incidence has increased… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
The Critical Need for CD4 Help in Maintaining Effective Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses
For many viral infections, resolution of illness is associated with long-term host control of viremia rather than viral… 
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