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immune system
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Anatomical system that protects the body from foreign substances, cells, and tissues by producing the immune response and that includes especially the thymus, spleen, lymphoid tissue, lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and antibodies.
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Label
immune system
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
has obo namespace
uberon
homology notes
The antibody-based immune system defined by the presence of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), T cell receptor (TCR), B cell receptor (BCR) or recombination activating genes (RAGs) is known beginning from jawed fishes.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0002405
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl
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