Innate immunity is a foundational field in immunology, critical for understanding how organisms sense and respond to danger, be it pathogens or sterile ...
The humoral arm of innate immunity consists of numerous pattern recognition molecules, such as mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and pentraxin 3 (PTX3). Humoral pattern recognition molecules persist as the ...
The susceptibility of adopted children to infection correlates more with the susceptibility of their biologic parents than with that of their adoptive parents. 1 This suggests that genetic factors can ...