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).
