Open AccessPattern Recognition Theory and the Launch of Modern Innate Immunity
Author(s) -
Ruslan Medzhitov
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.737
H-Index - 372
eISSN - 1550-6606
pISSN - 0022-1767
DOI - 10.4049/jimmunol.1302427
Subject(s) - clonal selection , selection (genetic algorithm) , function (biology) , biology , innate immune system , immunity , cognitive science , evolutionary biology , immunology , computer science , artificial intelligence , psychology , immune system
Modern immunology in many ways is based on two major paradigms: clonal selection theory and pattern recognition theory. Both paradigms were developed initially on theoretical grounds and experimentally proven years later. The clonal selection theory provided an elegant explanation for the function
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