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Immunology of Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
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The immune system functions on two levels: innate and adaptive. Innate immunity is more primitive and forms a rapid early warning system for global immunity. It evolved to protect single and multicellular organisms from danger. The innate immune system depends on a network of "danger" receptors, called pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which are germ line encoded and recognize many different danger signals. Adaptive immunity develops slowly but delivers precise antigen-specific responses ...
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Pages:
- 129-142
- Host title:
- Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
- Publication date:
- 2009-01-01
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- Source identifiers:
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426738
- ISBN:
- 9780123742131
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- 2009
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