Integration Of The Immune Response
Integration Of The Immune Response
It should by now be
becoming clear that the innate and acquired responses are not two entirely separate
systems but rather they form a continuum with multiple points of interaction.
Thus dendritic cells and NK cells (innate) work with helper T‐cells and
cytotoxic T‐cells (acquired) to limit the infection of cells with a virus
(Figure 2.16). To give just one other example, antibodies (acquired) can
contribute to an acute inflammatory response mediated by neutrophils, macrophages,
and mast cells (innate) (Figure 2.17).
