TEXT CAFEARTICLE DISTRIBUTION AND SYNDICATION

Soluble mediators, interferons, cytokines and chemokines are expressed and developed in the framework of the cascade pro-inflammatory because of the NF-kB activation or IRF. Knowledge of specific receptors activated, the active channel and the mediator sets produced provide valuable information on how to control the response.

The analysis of pro-inflammatory mediator produced sets can be measured in a variety of both qualitative and quantitative tests as part of our testing services.

The guardians of innate immunity

Innate immunity as the first line of defense
The innate immune system is an ancient mechanism of host defense in almost all multicellular organisms from plants to humans. In invertebrates, it is the only mechanism of defense against pathogens but in higher vertebrates it is the first line of defense. The role of the innate immune system is to distinct between self and non-self and between pathogenic and nonpathogenic microbes, it also plays an important role in triggering and optimization of the adaptive immune response. This remarkable system allows an immediate nonspecific response against micro-organisms while the adaptive immune system mounts a specific response against the invading pathogen during the late phase of infection.