Michael B. A. Oldstone • Hugh Rosen
Editors

2014

For convenience, the early immune response occurring during the first few days after exposure to a foreign agent is termed innate, while the later response, after day 5, is termed adoptive. Both immune responses have defined cellular components although they vary according to different types of cells and the degree of their participation. Further, there is a balance between a necessary immune response required to protect the host verses an exaggerated response that possess unwanted and severe injury and difficulties.