Adaptive immune system
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The adaptive immune system, also known as the acquired immune system or, more rarely, as the specific immune system, is a subsystem of the overall immune system that is composed of highly specialized, systemic cells and processes that eliminate pathogens or prevent their growth. The acquired immune system is one of the two main immunity strategies found in vertebrates (the other being the innate immune system).
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See also
- Affinity maturation
- Allelic exclusion
- Anergy
- Immune tolerance
- Immunosuppression
- Original antigenic sin
- Somatic hypermutation
- Polyclonal response
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