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[The immune system and inflammatory diseases].
Ugeskrift for laeger - 9 Jun 2008
Bendtzen Klaus
Abstract excerpt
Innate and adaptive immunity has evolved as a defence against infections and as an important repair mechanism after physical injury. If elimination of microbes and healing is not achieved, or if the immune system is dysregulated, chronic inflammation ensues. Immune cells become engaged in prolonged reactions with other cell types in vessels and organs, frequently with superimposed autoreactive T-cells and...
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